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create

HSK 3 N2
Human →Actions →Making
zào
ゾウ
つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
조
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound.
Components
辶 walk+ 告 declare =
造 create
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
辶 is a component form of 辵.
告 Phonetic component
gào declare
tell, announce, inform
Originally this component was a pictograph of grass, similar to 艸, but later was reanalyzed as the visually similar 告.
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Notes
Similar Characters
巡 patrol暹 rise边 margin (simp)辽 distant (iii) (simp)达 arrive (simp)迁 shift (simp)迂 doctrinaire迄 so far迅 speedy过 through (simp)迈 take a big stride (simp)迎 greet运 luck (simp)近 near迓 to go to meet返 go back迕 obstinate (iii)还 yet (simp)这 here (simp)进 make (simp)
Historical Evolution
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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造
Regular
Modern
Chinese
造 [zào]
to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
造 いたる
Itaru given name
造 ぞうぞう
Zouzou unclassified name
造 つくり
Tsukuri surname
造 つくる
Tsukuru unclassified name
造 らいぞう
Raizou given name
造 はじむ
Hajimu given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
造成 [zào​chéng] #1,266
to bring about
创造 [chuàng​zào] #1,814
to create
创造 [chuàng​zào] #1,814
to create
制造 [zhì​zào] #1,682
to manufacture
改造 [gǎi​zào] #5,219
to transform
造型 [zào​xíng] #3,078
to model
建造 [jiàn​zào] #3,860
to construct
打造 [dǎ​zào] #8,434
to create
伪造 [wěi​zào] #3,866
to forge
伪造 [wěi​zào] #3,866
to forge
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 作る [つくる] #157
to make
⭐ 作り [つくり] #2,845
making
⭐ 作り出す [つくりだす] #3,862
to manufacture
⭐ 構造 [こうぞう] #4,254
structure
⭐ 作り上げる [つくりあげる] #5,058
to build up
⭐ 無造作 [むぞうさ] #5,466
easy
⭐ 手作り [てづくり] #5,731
handmade
⭐ 改造 [かいぞう] #6,024
remodeling
⭐ 製造 [せいぞう] #7,144
manufacture
⭐ 創造 [そうぞう] #9,058
creation
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KOREAN WORDS (44)
인조 #27,511
artificiality
조작 #35,956
forgery
창조주 #41,711
the Creator; God
개조
remodeling; renovation
건조
construction
건조물
construction; structure
구조물
structure
구조적
being structural
구조주의
structuralism
구조화
structuralization
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