Kanji

創

創

genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

リ部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソウ, ショウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つくる, はじめる, きず, けずしける

Nanori (Name Reading)

はじむ

Common Readings

ソウ

Example sentences

創る つくる
豊かな想像力で新しい世界を創る。

Create a new world with rich imagination.

ロヨラ ロヨラ
ロヨラはイエズス会を創った。

Loyola created the Jesuit order.

創造 そうぞう
新しい価値を創造することは、社会をより良くするための第一歩だ。

Creating new value is the first step toward making society better.

創作 そうさく
彼女は独自の世界観を持つ物語を創作することに情熱を注いでいる。

She is devoted to creating stories with a unique worldview.

満身創痍 まんしんそうい
ボクサーは満身創痍で立ち上がった。

The boxer stood up, covered in wounds.

絆創膏 ばんそうこう
指を切ったので絆創膏を貼った。

I cut my finger, so I put on a band-aid.

創設 そうせつ
祖父は地域の図書館の創設に力を尽くした。

My grandfather devoted effort to establishing the local library.

創造主 そうぞうしゅ
多くの宗教では、世界は創造主によって作られたと考えられている。

In many religions, it is believed that the world was created by a Creator.

天地万物 てんちばんぶつ
天地万物の創造主

The creator of all things in heaven and earth.

創立 そうりつ
この大学は1950年に創立された。

This university was founded in 1950.

Example Vocabulary

創る

つくる

to create; to originate

創造

そうぞう

creation

創作

そうさく

creation; creative work; fiction

満身創痍

まんしんそうい

covered in wounds; having wounds all over the body; mentally battered

絆創膏

ばんそうこう

adhesive bandage; band-aid; plaster

創り出す

つくりだす

創設

そうせつ

founding; establishment; creation of an organization or facility

創造主

そうぞうしゅ

Creator; God

創立

そうりつ

establishment; founding

創世

そうせい

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