U+521B "创" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
创
U+521B "创" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "to create," "to initiate," or "to start," and it is composed of the "knife" radical (刂) on the right combined with a phonetic component on the left. This character is commonly used in modern Chinese vocabulary, such as in terms like 创造 (chuàngzào) for "creation" and 创业 (chuàngyè) for "entrepreneurship" or "starting a business." It holds significant cultural weight in Chinese-speaking regions, often appearing in contexts of innovation, founding, and pioneering efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+521B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 创 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 创 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x88 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x521B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000521B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u521b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273378 |
| kCangjie | OULN |
| kCantonese | cong3 |
| kDefinition | establish, create; knife cut |
| kEACC | 273378 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8270 |
| kGB0 | 2020 |
| kHanYu | 10327.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chuàng(435) chuāng(13) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10327.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0137.301 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3434 |
| kTGH | 2013:494 |
| kKangXi | 0137.301 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0482 |
| kMandarin | chuàng |
| kPhonetic | 254* |
| kRSUnicode | 18.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 57.09 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 052.090:chuāng 053.010:chuàng |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "創" U+5275 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0167.010:chuāng 0167.080:chuàng |