chuàngchuāng

begin, establish

Original meaning: 

wound, injury

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "wound, injury". The meaning "begin, establish" is a phonetic loan.

Components
倉 sound component

  Sound component

cāng

  

granary

刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

is a component form of .

Evolution

創 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
創 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chuàng

establish, create; knife cut; to begin; to initiate; to inaugurate; to start; to create

() 

chuāng

a wound; cut; injury; trauma

Most common words with 創
Freq.
Word
Meaning

创造

to create

创新

innovation

to begin

创意

creative

创作

to create