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Chinese symbol for “creation”

创作
chuàng zuò
Traditional: 創作
to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for creation is 创作 (chuàng zuò), defined as: to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

创 chuàng
to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 创作.

WordPinyinMeaning
创新 (創新)chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
创造 (創造)chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
创建 (創建)chuàng jiànto found; to establish
创业 (創業)chuàng yèto begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship
创立 (創立)chuàng lìto establish; to set up; to found
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
作为 (作為)zuò wéione's conduct; deed
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together

See also: Japanese symbol for “creation”.

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.

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