創作

See also: 创作

Chinese

		begin; initiate; inaugurate begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
trad. (創作)		創	作
simp. (创作)		创	作

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuàngzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong³ zok³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhóng-chok

(Hailu, HRS): cong^ˊ zog
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhòng-chok

(Teochew, Peng'im): cang³ zag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuàngzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuàngzuò
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuang⁴-tso⁴
  - Yale: chwàng-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanqtzuoh
  - Palladius: чуанцзо (čuanczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong³ zok³
  - Yale: chong jok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong³ dzok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong³ zog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³ t͡sɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhóng-chok
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˋ zog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong³ zog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ t͡sok̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˊ zog
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴⁻³³ t͡sok⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-chok
  - Tâi-lô: tshòng-tsok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngzog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cang³ zag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàng tsak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sak̚²/

Verb

創作

to create; to write

Noun

創作

creative work; creation

Derived terms

創作品 / 创作品 (chuàngzuòpǐn)
創作歌手 / 创作歌手 (chuàngzuò gēshǒu)
創作者 / 创作者 (chuàngzuòzhě)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (創作):

→ Japanese: 創作(そうさく) (sōsaku)
→ Korean: 창작(創作) (changjak)
→ Vietnamese: sáng tác (創作)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
創	作
そう Grade: 6	さく Grade: 2
kan'on	on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーさく [sòósákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːsa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

創(そう)作(さく) • (sōsaku) ^{←さうさく (sausaku)^?}

creation, especially a literary or otherwise artistic work
(art, Internet slang) fully original work, as opposed to a derivative fanwork

Derived terms

創(そう)作(さく)活(かつ)動(どう) (sōsaku katsudō)
創(そう)作(さく)劇(げき) (sōsakugeki)
創(そう)作(さく)小(こ)芥(け)子(し) (sōsaku kokeshi)
創(そう)作(さく)物(ぶつ) (sōsakubutsu)

Verb

創(そう)作(さく)する • (sōsaku suru) ^{←さうさく (sausaku)^?}transitive suru (stem 創(そう)作(さく)し (sōsaku shi), past 創(そう)作(さく)した (sōsaku shita))

to compose, to create, to produce, to invent

Conjugation

Conjugation of "創作する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	創作し	そうさくし	sōsaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	創作し	そうさくし	sōsaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	創作する	そうさくする	sōsaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	創作する	そうさくする	sōsaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	創作すれ	そうさくすれ	sōsaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	創作せよ¹ 創作しろ²	そうさくせよ¹ そうさくしろ²	sōsaku seyo¹ sōsaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	創作される	そうさくされる	sōsaku sareru
Causative	創作させる創作さす	そうさくさせるそうさくさす	sōsaku saseru sōsaku sasu
Potential	創作できる	そうさくできる	sōsaku dekiru
Volitional	創作しよう	そうさくしよう	sōsaku shiyō
Negative	創作しない	そうさくしない	sōsaku shinai
Negative continuative	創作せず	そうさくせず	sōsaku sezu
Formal	創作します	そうさくします	sōsaku shimasu
Perfective	創作した	そうさくした	sōsaku shita
Conjunctive	創作して	そうさくして	sōsaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	創作すれば	そうさくすれば	sōsaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“創作”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
創	作

Noun

創作 • (changjak) (hangeul 창작)

hanja form^? of 창작 (“creation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
創	作

Verb

創作

chữ Hán form of sáng tác (“to compose; to write (poem, short story, etc.)”)

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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