creation; bringing into being; originating
Figurative extension from birth: bringing an idea, work, system, or product into the world. Especially common in fixed expressions like 生みの親 and 産みの苦しみ.
He is grateful to both his birth mother and the mother who raised him.
After the delivery, she quietly spoke about the pain of giving birth.
She is the creator of this new service.
There were birth pains in introducing the new system.
創造 describes creation in an abstract, formal sense (e.g. of art or ideas), while 生み keeps the physical metaphor of bringing something into the world.
生む is the plain verb meaning to give birth to or produce, while 生み is its noun-like stem form used in compounds such as 生みの親.
High-priority spelling; broad form used for giving birth and for figurative creation or bringing something into being.
Often emphasizes childbirth, delivery, or the productive act of bringing something forth; common in phrases such as 産みの苦しみ.
Noun from the continuative stem of 生む／産む, meaning to give birth or produce. The spelling 生み is broad, while 産み is conventionally associated more strongly with childbirth or production.