創

Meaning

創 centers on the act of bringing something into being, whether starting a new thing or inflicting a break in the body. The meanings split into two main clusters: creating/originating and wounding/hurting, connected by the idea of a sharp, initiating action.

• 創作そうさく
  N2

  creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); original work; (creative) writing

• 創造そうぞう
  N1

  creation

• 創業そうぎょう

  establishment (of a business); founding

• 創設そうせつ

  establishment; founding; organization; organisation

• 創価学会そうかがっかい

  Soka Gakkai (lay organization based on Nichiren Buddhism)

• 創立そうりつ
  N1

  establishment; founding; organization; organisation

• 創刊そうかん
  N1

  foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching; first publication

• 大創ダイソー

  Daiso

• 独創どくそう
  N1

  originality

• 創出そうしゅつ

  creation; generation

• 創始そうし

  creation; founding; initiating

• 創世そうせい

  creation of the world

• 創建そうけん

  establishment; foundation

• 絆創膏ばんそうこう

  adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid

• 創意そうい

  original idea; originality

• 創成そうせい

  creation; formation; foundation; establishment

• 創痍そうい

  wound (from an edged weapon); cut

• 創傷そうしょう

  wound; injury; trauma; cut

• 草創そうそう

  beginning; inauguration

• 創発そうはつ

  emergence (in evolutionary theory, systems theory, etc.)

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