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創 means 'create'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 941   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-8    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 70 words   Used in 102 words   Used in 156 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ソウ
Kun
   つくる to create
Additional readings
On    ショウ
Kun    はじめる   きず   けずしける
Name    はじめ
Variants
创 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  倉 storehouse  刂 (刀) sword  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 創 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 創 is used 102 times, read 4 ways.
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ソウ : 96 words FIND ALL
そ う り つ 0
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
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きず : 3 words FIND ALL
き ず 0
Most common form: キズ
noun
1. wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar
2. chip; crack; scratch; nick
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つくる : 2 words FIND ALL
つ く る 2
Most common form: 作る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct  (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating)
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
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はじめる : 1 word FIND ALL
は じ め る 0
Most common form: 始める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
2. to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)
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Additional data
Henshall: 932 (originally: 920)  Joy o' Kanji : 920  Key to Kanji: 650 

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創
ソウ   つくる to create   
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倉
ソウ   くら storehouse   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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尸
corpse
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
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