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

Synonyms

Noun

創造

  1. creation

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (創造):

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
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
Conjugation of "創造する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 創造し そうぞうし sōzō shi
Continuative (連用形) 創造し そうぞうし sōzō shi
Terminal (終止形) 創造する そうぞうする sōzō suru
Attributive (連体形) 創造する そうぞうする sōzō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 創造すれ そうぞうすれ sōzō sure
Imperative (命令形) 創造せよ¹
創造しろ²		 そうぞうせよ¹
そうぞうしろ²		 sōzō seyo¹
sōzō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 創造される そうぞうされる sōzō sareru
Causative 創造させる
創造さす		 そうぞうさせる
そうぞうさす		 sōzō saseru
sōzō sasu
Potential 創造できる そうぞうできる sōzō dekiru
Volitional 創造しよう そうぞうしよう sōzō shiyō
Negative 創造しない そうぞうしない sōzō shinai
Negative continuative 創造せず そうぞうせず sōzō sezu
Formal 創造します そうぞうします sōzō shimasu
Perfective 創造した そうぞうした sōzō shita
Conjunctive 創造して そうぞうして sōzō shite
Hypothetical conditional 創造すれば そうぞうすれば sōzō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also
  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/創造

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →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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