Chinese Character Wiki
刅

chuāng

to create

Original meaning: 

knife wound

Depicts using a knife (刀) to cut through thorns (i.e. clearing away brambles). Based on the original meaning "knife wound", now written as 刱 and 創. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
刀 iconic component

刀  Iconic component

dāo

  

knife

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts thorns.

Evolution

刅 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
刅 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
刅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
刅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

刅  

chuāng

to begin; knife wound

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

梁

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5205

Shuowen

“刅，傷也。从刃，从一。創，或从刀，倉聲。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.361

古文字詁林編纂委員會《古文字詁林》Vol. 4, p.581



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