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ソウ//    ショウ/SHŌ/    つく.る/tsuku.ru/    はじ.める/haji.meru/    きず/kizu/    けず.しける/kezu.shikeru/SOU/ソウ/    SHOU/ショウ/    tsuku.ru/つく.る/    haji.meru/はじ.める/    kizu/きず/    kezu.shikeru/けず.しける/

genesis;  wound;  injury;  hurt;  start;  originate

Radical: (knife).   Strokes: 12画.   Elements: 刂口个.   Variants: .   Pinyin: chuàng / chuāng.   Hangul:  [chang].   Nanori: はじめhajime.

Jōyō Kanji 6th Grade.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
ソウそうせいsōsei】creation of world
世記そうせいきsōseiki】Book of Genesis (Bible)
そうけんsōken】establishment; foundation
つくtsukuruつくるtsukuru】to make; to prepare (food); to raise; to till; to draw up (a document); to create (an artistic work, etc.); to coin (a phrase); to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
はじめるhajimeruめるはじめるhajimeru】to start; to open (e.g. a store); to start (doing something)
きずkizu切りきりきずkirikizu】cut; gash; incision
ふるきずfurukizu】old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident
きずkizu】wound; chip; flaw; stain (on one's reputation); (emotional) hurt
Codepoints and classification codes:
5275Unicode
33-47JIS X 0208
1-10-2SKIP
2f10.3TKD
8260.0Four Corner
2843De Roo
Dictionary indices:
702Classic Nelson
506The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1815New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1179Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1631Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
900A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1696Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
789Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
2127Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 303
920A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1308Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
832Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
1098Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
932Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
950Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1113Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
205Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1646Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig