Kanji N1

創: genesis, wound, injury

創 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning genesis, wound, injury, written with 12 strokes. It is read ソウ, ショウ (on) and つくる, はじめる, きず (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 創立 (そうりつ, establishment) and 創刊 (そうかん, foundation).

創

Meanings

  • genesis
  • wound
  • injury
  • hurt
  • start
  • originate
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#741 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つくる
  • はじめる
  • きず
  • けずしける

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 創

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 創立そうりつ

    establishment; founding; organization

    JLPT N1
  • 創刊そうかん

    foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 創造そうぞう

    creation

    JLPT N1
  • 創作そうさく

    creation; production

    JLPT N2
  • 独創どくそう

    originality

    JLPT N1
  • 創設そうせつ

    establishment; founding; organization

  • 創業そうぎょう

    establishment (of a business); founding

  • 創出そうしゅつ

    creation; generation

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.