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創

简创 · 繁創

Mandarin · pinyin chuāng#

(bound form) a wound; to wound

Mandarin · pinyin chuàng#

to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)

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創: Look up this written character
创: chuàng · establish, create; knife cut

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1 · chuang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cong1 · cong3

Cantonese word readings for 創. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

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to start to (do something); to do something (for the first time); to found; to create; to establish
to expand; to broaden; to extend
to write; to start to compile
to punish; to penalise
unique; special; unseen; creative
(Internet slang, humorous; otherwise dialectal) alternative form of 撞 (“to hit”)
(Southern Min) to do; to perform
(Southern Min) to make; to produce
(Southern Min) to tease; to poke fun at

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to injure; to harm; to damage
to cut; to slash; to sever
damage; wound; knife cut
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 瘡 /疮 (chuāng, “sore”)

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