Read Edit View history 創 chuàngchuāng HSK7 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 倉 represents the sound. 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 创 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 創 Simp strokes 創 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 創 Simp strokes 創 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 創 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 372, 829 ], [ 387, 819 ], [ 404, 793 ], [ 362, 698 ], [ 311, 616 ], [ 218, 502 ], [ 165, 453 ], [ 87, 397 ] ], [ [ 426, 742 ], [ 442, 745 ], [ 460, 739 ], [ 516, 711 ], [ 540, 692 ], [ 551, 674 ] ], [ [ 374, 663 ], [ 428, 636 ], [ 455, 615 ] ], [ [ 335, 515 ], [ 345, 506 ], [ 477, 544 ], [ 500, 542 ], [ 522, 523 ], [ 531, 511 ], [ 482, 322 ] ], [ [ 322, 404 ], [ 331, 405 ], [ 337, 415 ], [ 387, 427 ], [ 429, 423 ] ], [ [ 310, 306 ], [ 329, 319 ], [ 391, 331 ], [ 449, 336 ], [ 461, 329 ] ], [ [ 272, 518 ], [ 292, 507 ], [ 304, 478 ], [ 285, 310 ], [ 258, 205 ], [ 201, 104 ], [ 143, 46 ], [ 87, 11 ] ], [ [ 286, 195 ], [ 306, 160 ], [ 337, -5 ] ], [ [ 323, 195 ], [ 344, 184 ], [ 462, 217 ], [ 493, 221 ], [ 508, 215 ], [ 528, 191 ], [ 502, 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270,176Q294,124 307,40Q310,13 325,-5Q341,-26 347,-11Q351,4 350,28C347,49 347,49 346,59Q333,146 333,169C333,180 325,194 314,196Z", "M522,92Q541,156 569,179Q584,195 570,211Q512,259 475,243Q405,213 314,196C303,194 322,167 333,169Q474,205 484,196Q491,189 490,173Q483,127 473,88C470,72 519,76 522,92Z", "M350,28Q356,28 364,29Q421,42 545,56Q555,57 556,65Q557,72 528,90C524,91 524,91 522,92C507,98 489,91 473,88Q403,70 346,59C336,57 340,28 350,28Z", "M620,585Q651,516 626,333Q617,297 647,262Q657,252 667,262Q685,289 686,365Q686,510 694,554Q701,576 680,588Q640,615 625,607Q616,600 620,585Z", "M804,719Q808,680 808,94Q807,69 794,59Q787,55 718,67Q684,79 687,68Q688,61 709,46Q775,-5 791,-34Q810,-68 826,-69Q841,-70 856,-34Q874,14 871,90Q853,349 860,608Q864,699 877,747Q893,778 836,801Q802,820 781,813Q763,806 780,782Q802,754 804,719Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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