Kanji

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 想像力 新しい 世界 創る

Create a new world with rich imagination.

ロヨラ ロヨラ
ロヨラ イエズス会 創った

Loyola created the Jesuit order.

創造 そうぞう
新しい 価値 創造する こと 社会 より 良く する ため 第一歩

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

創作 そうさく
彼女 独自 世界観 持つ 物語 創作 する こと 情熱 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 満身創痍 立ち上がった

The boxer stood up, covered in wounds.

絆創膏 ばんそうこう
切った ので 絆創膏 貼った

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

創設 そうせつ
祖父 地域 図書館 創設 尽くした

My grandfather devoted effort to establishing the local library.

創造主 そうぞうしゅ
多く 宗教 世界 創造主 によって 作られた 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 創造主

The creator of all things in heaven and earth.

創立 そうりつ
この 大学 1950 創立 された

This university was founded in 1950.

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