創

音読おんよみ: ソウ

訓読くんよみ: つく

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: 刂(りっとう)

Meaning

Create / Found / Originate / Start

  • Basic forms
  • 創る — to create; to build; to establish / base form
  • 創ります — create; build / masu form
  • 創った — created; built / ta form
  • 創って — create and … / te form
  • 創らない — do not create / negative
  • 創れば — if (one) creates / conditional
  • 創れ — create! / imperative
  • Common expressions
  • 会社を創る — start a company
  • 新しい文化を創る — create a new culture
  • 仕組みを創る — build a system
  • More
  • 創ろう — let’s create / 〜よう form
  • 創っている — is creating / state

創る(つくる) is a godan verb. Compared with 作る, it emphasizes creating something new, establishing something from nothing, or founding something with intention — such as organizations, systems, or ideas.

  • 創造そうぞう — creation
  • 創業そうぎょう — founding a business
  • 創作そうさく — literary/artistic creation
  • 創設そうせつ — establishment
  • 独創どくそう — originality
  • 創立そうりつ — founding; establishment
  • 創意そうい — creative idea
  • 創刊そうかん — launch of a publication

創 is a phono-semantic compound made from 倉 (phonetic) and 刂 (sword radical). Originally representing “cutting to begin something,” it later evolved to symbolize starting or creating something new.

あたらしい会社かいしゃつくりました。
We started a new company.

かれ創造力そうぞうりょくゆたかです。
He has a rich imagination.

造
Creates
創造そうぞう — creation
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