创设
chuàng​shè

create

创 chuàng, chuāng begin, establish Simplified

Original meaning: wound, injury

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.

Components

仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Sources

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

设 shè build Simplified

Depicts the process of setting something up using speech (讠) and a tool (殳).

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

殳
殳 Meaning component
shū weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool.

Sources

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

創 chuàng, chuāng begin, establish Traditional

Original meaning: wound, injury

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.

Components

倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

設 shè build, set up Traditional

Depicts the process of setting something up using speech (言) and a tool (殳).

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
殳
殳 Meaning component
shū weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyetŋ̊et set up

說文解字

《說文》：“設，施陳也。从言，从殳。殳，使人也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)