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chuàngchuāng HSK7

begin, establish

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 16, 2021, 10:37 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 16, 2021, 10:37 PM

Based on the original meaning "wound, injury". The meaning "begin, establish" is a phonetic loan.

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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
刂
刂 Meaning component

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)