創そう設せつ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

establishment; founding; creation

Used for the act of setting up an organization, institution, system, or formal body. Often appears in formal or official contexts.

この大だい学がくは1950年ねんに創そう設せつされた。
This university was founded in 1950.

新あたら

しい

研けん

究きゅう

機き

関かん

を

創そう

設せつ

する

計けい

画かく

が

進すす

ん

で

いる

。

Plans are underway to establish a new research institute.

Kanji

創genesis, wound, injury
設establishment, provision, prepare

Similar words

設せつ立りつ
設立 is more common for companies and general organizations; 創設 emphasizes the initial creation or founding, often with a sense of pioneering or institutional origin.
創そう立りつ
創立 is very similar and often interchangeable, but 創設 can carry a slightly stronger nuance of designing or setting up a system from scratch.

Etymology

Compound of 創 (create, originate) and 設 (establish, set up). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of founding or establishing something new.