chuàng​xiào

found a school

chuàng, chuāng begin, establish Simplified

Original meaning: wound, injury

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of . Based on the original meaning "wound, injury". The meaning "begin, establish" is a phonetic loan.

Components

Sound component
cāng granary
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

xiào school

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːws
ɡreːws
Unicodegàu
hàu

說文解字

《說文》:“校,木囚也。从木,交聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chuàng, chuāng begin, establish Traditional

Original meaning: wound, injury

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "wound, injury". The meaning "begin, establish" is a phonetic loan.

Components

Sound component
cāng granary
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhjang[tsʰ]raŋ wound (v.)
tsrhjangH[tsʰ]raŋ-s begin

說文解字

《說文》:“刅,傷也。从刃,从一。創,或从刀,倉聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica