创 chuàng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 仓 granary, barn 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
创作
chuàngzuò
to create art; creative work
Characters in this word
作 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他在创作。 Tā zài chuàngzuò. He is creating art.
- 我喜欢创作。 Wǒ xǐhuan chuàngzuò. I like creating.
- 创作很快乐。 Chuàngzuò hěn kuàilè. Creative work is very joyful.