Read Edit View history 创 chuàngchuāng HSK3 begin, establish Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 創. Based on the original meaning "wound, injury". The meaning "begin, establish" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas chuàng ×chuāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 創 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 创 Simp strokes 创 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 刂 is a component form of 刀. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 创 Simp strokes 创 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 创 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 327, 798 ], [ 345, 784 ], [ 365, 752 ], [ 308, 626 ], [ 261, 546 ], [ 171, 417 ], [ 118, 352 ], [ 71, 306 ] ], [ [ 368, 667 ], [ 378, 668 ], [ 412, 644 ], [ 503, 564 ], [ 530, 521 ], [ 534, 501 ] ], [ [ 254, 419 ], [ 268, 406 ], [ 404, 445 ], [ 431, 436 ], [ 443, 422 ], [ 420, 269 ], [ 402, 233 ], [ 394, 227 ], [ 372, 234 ], [ 301, 280 ] ], [ [ 210, 425 ], [ 230, 371 ], [ 221, 260 ], [ 228, 157 ], [ 241, 116 ], [ 268, 85 ], [ 310, 66 ], [ 380, 55 ], [ 458, 64 ], [ 495, 82 ], [ 517, 102 ], [ 520, 248 ] ], [ [ 622, 587 ], [ 647, 559 ], [ 652, 543 ], [ 653, 252 ] ], [ [ 764, 797 ], [ 814, 756 ], [ 810, 432 ], [ 816, 84 ], [ 795, 37 ], [ 709, 72 ], [ 671, 91 ], [ 669, 98 ], [ 658, 98 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 207 435 Q 211 442 218 450 Q 282 529 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Q 474 443 439 465 Q 424 475 372 458 Q 369 458 239 421 C 210 413 225 374 254 380 Z", "M 560 114 Q 547 144 528 234 Q 528 250 521 254 Q 515 257 511 240 Q 489 144 472 113 Q 445 80 356 88 Q 275 98 257 139 Q 230 191 254 380 C 258 410 258 410 239 421 Q 229 430 215 434 Q 211 435 207 435 C 183 443 183 443 192 416 Q 207 377 204 341 Q 195 127 231 82 Q 264 33 388 24 Q 391 25 396 24 Q 486 23 554 73 Q 573 89 560 114 Z", "M 609 576 Q 642 504 621 317 Q 612 281 643 245 Q 653 235 663 246 Q 684 276 681 325 Q 681 532 683 547 Q 689 569 668 581 Q 652 591 635 599 Q 622 603 613 598 Q 604 591 609 576 Z", "M 780 719 Q 786 682 787 117 Q 786 93 774 83 Q 765 77 682 99 Q 648 111 651 100 Q 652 93 673 78 Q 746 23 766 -8 Q 788 -45 806 -45 Q 821 -46 836 -10 Q 854 38 851 114 Q 832 361 837 608 Q 840 699 853 747 Q 869 778 812 801 Q 776 820 757 813 Q 738 806 755 782 Q 777 754 780 719 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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