創造

See also: 创造

Chinese

 
begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma
 
to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture
trad. (創造) 創 造
simp. (创造) 创 造

Pronunciation

Verb

創造

  1. to create
    創造紀錄 / 创造纪录  ―  chuàngzào jìlù  ―  to set a record

Noun

創造

  1. creation

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
創 造
そう
Grade: 6		 ぞう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/sauzau/ → /sɔːzɔː/ → /soːzoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 創造 (t͡ʃʰɨɐŋH d͡zɑuX, literally “to begin + to make”). Compare modern Mandarin reading chuàngzào, Cantonese cong3 zou6.

Pronunciation

Noun

創造 (hiragana そうぞう, rōmaji sōzō, historical hiragana さうざう)

  1. creation: the making of things
  2. Creation: all of existence as created by one or more deities

Derived terms

Verb

創造する (transitive, hiragana そうぞうする, rōmaji sōzō suru, historical hiragana さうざうする)

  1. to create

Conjugation

See Also

  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/創造

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term
創造

Noun

創造 • (changjo) (hangeul 창조)

  1. Hanja form? of 창조 (“creation”).
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