Chinese symbol for “create”
创造
chuàng zào
Traditional: 創造
to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for create is 创造 (chuàng zào), defined as: to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “create”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 创作 (創作) | chuàng zuò | to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation |
| 原创 (原創) | yuán chuàng | to create (an original work); (of a work) original |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 自创 (自創) | zì chuàng | to create; to come up with (an idea etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 创造.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
| 创作 (創作) | chuàng zuò | to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation |
| 创建 (創建) | chuàng jiàn | to found; to establish |
| 创业 (創業) | chuàng yè | to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship |
| 创立 (創立) | chuàng lì | to establish; to set up; to found |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct; to build |
See also: Japanese symbol for “create”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.