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Property
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Value
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English definition
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to create, to make to invent; to begin |
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Mandarin pronunciation(s), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system
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chuang1 |
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Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Jyutping romanization system
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cong1 |
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Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system
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chong1 |
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Japanese (Kana)
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ソウ ショウ きず |
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Japanese (Hepburn)
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kezushikeru |
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Sino-Japanese
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sou shou |
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Korean pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system
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chang |
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Semantic variants (x- or y-variants with similar or identical meaning)
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創
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Unicode radical / stroke count
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刀刂 + 2 |
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Unicode total stroke count
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4 |
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Cangjie
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SHC |
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漢語大字典 <Hanyu Da Zidian> 'Great Chinese Character Dictionary' (in 8 Volumes).
Hubei and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing Collectives, 1986-1990. ISBN: 7-5403-0030 2/H.16
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volume 1, page 323, character 1 |
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KangXi dictionary, 7th edition published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing, 1989
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page 136, position 3 |
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Dae Jaweon (Korean) dictionary, first edition,
published in Seoul by Samseong Publishing Co., Ltd., 1988
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page 304, position 11 |
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Cihai (辭海) dictionary, single volume edition,
published in Hong Kong by the Zhonghua Bookstore,
1983 (reprint of the 1947 edition), ISBN 962-231-005-2
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page 174, row 1, position 3 |
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Ten Thousand Characters: An Analytic Dictionary by G. Hugh Casey, S.J. Hong Kong: Kelley and Walsh, 1980
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254 |
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Chinese-English Dictionary by Robert H. Mathews, Cambrige: Harvard University Press, 1975
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1462 |
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Unicode code point (dec / hex):
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20997 / 5205 |
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