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创建 (chuàng jiàn) — to found, to establish, to create

Definition

Focuses on bringing something new into existence, like a company or platform. Among the 创- siblings, 创立 is more formal for institutions, while 创办 emphasizes launching with operations.

verb
to foundto establishto create

Examples

  • 创建。
    Tā men chuàng jiàn le yí gè xīn de jī jīn huì.
    They founded a new foundation.
  • 创建。
    Tā chuàng jiàn le yí gè zài xiàn jiào yù píng tái.
    She created an online education platform.
  • 创建。
    Zhè ge tuán duì chuàng jiàn le duō xiàng zhuān lì.
    This team established multiple patents.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

创chuàngcreate
建jiànbuild

Both 创 and 建 mean make and build, so together they express founding or establishing something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 創; 创 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng創chuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 創 pairs 倉 with 刀 (knife) to write 'wound', and 倉 gives the pronunciation. The simplified 创 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 廴廴yǐn
  • 聿聿yù

The shape 建 shows 廴 and 聿, but it comes from an older drawing of a hand planting a pole into a base; the lower part of 聿 is not a brush.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6

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