Create

On’yomi: そう
Kun’yomi: つく
Radical: 刀 Knife (Kangxi 18)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 窓 (Window), less common than 依 (Reliant).

A warehouse on the left is cut by a sword on the right — a sword slashes through a warehouse wall, creating an opening — from destruction comes new space to create.

In words

創作そうさく production,literary creation,workN2

創立そうりつ establishment;founding;organizationN1

創造そうぞう creationN1

創 is rank 874 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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