刅
chuāng

to create

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approved by cochleoid · Mar 12, 2026, 06:11 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Mar 12, 2026, 06:11 AM

Went with Liu Zhao's theory of this being clearing brush rather than Tang Lan's theory about it being a human body pierced by thorns. Maybe 刃 shouldn't be a component.

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Original meaning: to clear brush

Depicts a knife (刀) clearing thorny (丶) brush. Original form of 刱, 荊, and 創.

Components

刃
刃 Iconic component
◎
◎ Iconic component

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

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰraŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“刅，傷也。从刃，从一。創，或从刀，倉聲。”

Sources

Character origin
Zi.tools漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)