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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 創 U+5275 |  Seal script | 刅 Semantic variant | 创 Simplified character | 刱 Semantic variant | 剙 Alternate form Specialized semantic variant | 戧 Semantic variant Semantic variant | 瘡 Semantic variant | 𠛲 Semantic variant | 𠝀 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 刀+ 10 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.175#32 p.426#17 Kangxi: p.143#02 Cihai: p.188r1c03 GSR: 703.l Hanyu: v1,p0350#15 |
| Composition: | Left: 仓, right: 刂. Component of: 𭞶 𤏬 𣋃 𦼃 𤺨 𫤤 𬰌 |
| Mandarin: | chuàng chuāng ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄨㄤ |
| Cantonese: | cong1 cong3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | chriɑ̀ng |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·阳·创》创：《说文》曰：伤也，礼曰头有创则沐今作疮。初良切，又初亮切，三。 《广韵·去声·漾·剏》剏：初也。《说文》曰：造法剏业也。初亮切，四。 《广韵·去声·漾·剏》创：上同。又初良切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·刀部·十》创：〔古文〕戗𠝀𠛲《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》初良切《正韵》初庄切，𠀤音疮。《说文》伤也。本作刅，或作创。《徐曰》此正刀创字。言刃所伤也。《前汉·曹参传》身被七十创。又《前汉·班固叙传》礼义是创。《注》师古曰：创，始造之，音初良反。又《唐韵》初亮切，疮去声。始也，造也。《孟子》创业垂统。又伤也。《前汉·匈奴传》人民创艾战𨷖。又惩也。《书·益稷》子创若时。《注》禹自言惩丹朱之恶，不敢慢游也。又《集韵》千羊切，音锵。瑲，或作创。瑲瑲，玉声。又《玉篇》古文疮字。《礼·曲礼》头有创，则沐。馀详疒部十画。 |
| Fanqie: | 初良 (《广韵·下平声·阳·创》) 初亮 (《广韵·下平声·阳·创》) 初亮 (《广韵·去声·漾·剏》) 初良 (《广韵·去声·漾·剏》) |
| Unihan definition: | establish, create; knife cut |
Example usage
| 《论语·宪问》: | 子曰：“为命：裨谌草创之，世叔讨论之，行人子羽修饰之，东里子产润色之。” |
| The Master said, "In preparing the governmental notifications, Pi Shen first made the rough draft; Shi Shu examined and discussed its contents; Zi Yu, the manager of foreign intercourse, then polished the style; and, finally, Zi Chan of Dong Li gave it the proper elegance and finish." | |
| 《孟子·梁惠王下》: | 君子创业垂统，为可继也。 |
| A prince lays the foundation of the inheritance, and hands down the beginning which he has made, doing what may be continued by his successors. | |
| 《礼记·三年问》: | 创钜者其日久，痛甚者其愈迟，三年者，称情而立文，所以为至痛极也。 |
| The greater a wound is, the longer it remains; and the more pain it gives, the more slowly is it healed. The mourning of three years, being appointed with its various forms in harmony with the feelings (produced by the occasion of it), was intended to mark the greatest degree of grief. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 擅楚之月，有汉创业山南，发迹三秦，迫项山东，故天下擅汉：天也。 |
| In the month Chu seized control and divided the empire into eighteen kingdoms, Liu Bang of Han was established in the southern mountains. He set out searching throughout the three kingdoms at the heart of the former Qin, and pursued Xiang Yu to Shandong, and thus the empire was taken by the Han. This was due to Tian. | |
| 《墨子·所染》: | 其友皆好矜奋，创作比周，则家日损，身日危，名日辱，处官失其理矣，则子西、易牙、竖刀1之徒是也。 |
| (On the contrary) if one has for friends none but those who are proud and quarrelsome and who pretend to be intimate, naturally one's family will be reduced to straits, one's person will be more in danger, and one's name more dishonourable every day and one will not be qualified for office. And, examples of such are Zi Xi, Yi Ya, and Shu Diao. | |
| 《尚书·益稷》: | 予创若时，娶于涂山，辛壬癸甲。 |
| I took warning from his course. When I married in Tu-shan, (I remained with my wife only the days) xin, ren, gui, and jia. | |
| 《荀子·礼论》: | 创巨者其日久，痛甚者其愈迟，三年之丧，称情而立文，所以为至痛极也。 |
| 《说苑·复恩》: | 对曰：“吴子吮此子父之创而杀之于注水之战，战不旋踵而死。” |
| 《新书·审微》: | 令民有自取之心，其创必数年不息。 |
| 《中论·修本》: | 故君子修德，始乎笄丱，终乎鲐背，创乎夷原，成乎乔岳。 |
| 《孔子家语·屈节解》: | 若使民有自取之心，其创必数世不息。 |
| 《潜夫论·劝将》: | 前羌始反时，将帅以定令之群，籍富厚之蓄，据列城而气利势，权十万之众，将勇杰之士，以诛草创新叛散乱之弱虏，击自至之小寇，不能擒灭，辄为所败，令遂云烝起，合从连横，扫涤并、源，内犯司隶，东寇赵、魏，西钞蜀、汉，五州残破，六郡削迹。 |
| 《论衡·幸偶》: | 气结阏积，聚为痈，溃为疽，创，流血出脓。 |
| 《太玄经·逃》: | 初一，逃水之夷，灭其创迹。 |
| 《风俗通义·五帝》: | 黄帝始制冠冕，垂衣裳，上栋下宇，以避风雨，礼文法度，兴事创业。 |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 厌乱则思治，创难则思静。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·释诲》: | 非子享土于善圉，狼瞫取右于禽囚，弓父毕精于筋角，佽非明勇于赴流，寿王创基于格五，东方要幸于谈优，上官效力于执盖，弘羊据相于运筹。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 不创不作，与天地合德，节玺相信，如月应日。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 天下莫柔弱于水，水为道也，广不可极，深不可测，长极无穷，远沦无涯，息耗减益，过于不訾，上天为雨露，下地为润泽，万物不得不生，百事不得不成，大苞群生而无私好，泽及蚑蛲而不求报，富赡天下而不既，德施百姓而不费，行不可得而穷极，微不可得而把握，击之不创，刺之不伤，斩之不断，灼之不熏，淖约流循而不可靡散，利贯金石，强沦天下，有馀不足，任天下取与，禀受万物而无所先后，无私无公，与天地洪同，是谓至德。 |
| 《韩非子·说林上》: | 隰斯弥见田成子，田成子与登台四望，三面皆畅，南望，隰子家之树蔽之，田成子亦不言，隰子归，使人伐之，斧离数创，隰子止之，其相室曰：“何变之数也？” |
| 《管子·桓公问》: | 对曰：“勿创勿作，时至而随，毋以私好恶害公正，察民所恶以自为戒。” |
| 《六韬·发启》: | 全胜不斗，大兵无创，与鬼神通，微哉！ |
| 《淮南子·览冥训》: | 是故质壮轻足者为甲卒，千里之外，家老羸弱，凄怆于内，厮徒马圉，軵车奉饷，道路辽远，霜雪亟集，短褐不完，人羸车弊，泥涂至膝，相携于道，奋首于路，身枕格而死，所谓兼国有地者，伏尸数十万，破车以千百数，伤弓弩矛戟矢石之创者，扶举于路，故世至于枕人头，食人肉，菹人肝，饮人血，甘之于刍豢故。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·七月纪》: | 命理，瞻伤察创，视折审断。 |
| 《史记·秦始皇本纪》: | 今陛下创大业，建万世之功，固非愚儒所知。 |
| 《国语·越语下》: | 今君王未盈而溢，未盛而骄，不劳而矜其功，天时不作而先为人客，人事不起而创为之始，此逆于天而不和于人。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 在上治民，足以尊君，在下莅修，足以变人，身无所咎，行无所创，可谓荣矣。 |
| 《战国策》: | 秦王复击轲，被八创。 |
| 《盐铁论·非鞅》: | 虽有裨谌之草创，无子产之润色，有文、武之规矩，而无周、吕之凿枘，则功业不成。 |
| 《列女传·齐义继母》: | 当宣王时，有人简死于道者，吏讯之，被一创，二子兄弟立其傍，吏问之，兄曰：“我杀之。” |
| 《春秋谷梁传》: | 吴子谒伐楚至巢，入其门，门人射吴子，有矢创，反舍而卒。 |
| 《汉书·叙传下》: | 叔孙奉常，与时抑扬，税介免胄，礼义是创。 |
| 《前汉纪》: | 羽亦被十馀创。 |
| 《东观汉记·公孙述》: | 然军败复合，创愈复战，何则？ |
| 《后汉书·律历下》: | 取象金火，革命创制，治历明时，应天顺民，汤、武其盛也。 |
| 《周礼·冬官考工记》: | 知者创物。 |
| 《焦氏易林·大畜之》: | 损：两虎争鬭，服创无处。 |
| 《诗说·鲁》: | 周公忧之，作此诗以贻成王，欲王省悟以备殷，全篇以鸟之育子成巢者，比先王之创业而代之为言也。 |
| 《说文解字·肉部》: | 肒：搔生创也。 |
| 《释名·释宫室》: | 𥨫，造也，造创食物也。 |
| 《方言·第八》: | 𪈳黄，自关而东谓之创鶊。 |
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