# 刅 U+5205 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5205

A Chinese character meaning “to create, to make to invent; to begin”, read chuāng in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `刅` |
| Codepoint | U+5205 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5205 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#20997;` `&#x5205;` |
| CSS | `\5205` |
| JavaScript | `\u5205` |
| UTF-8 | E5 88 85 |
| UTF-16 | 5205 |
| Definition | to create, to make to invent; to begin |
| Mandarin | chuāng |
| Cantonese | cong1 |
| Japanese | SOU SHOU KEZUSHIKERU |
| Korean | CHANG |

## Related characters

- 刄 [U+5204 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5204](https://unicodekit.com/char/5204)
- 分 [U+5206 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5206](https://unicodekit.com/char/5206)
- 刃 [U+5203 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5203](https://unicodekit.com/char/5203)
- 切 [U+5207 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5207](https://unicodekit.com/char/5207)
- 刂 [U+5202 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5202](https://unicodekit.com/char/5202)
- 刈 [U+5208 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5208](https://unicodekit.com/char/5208)
- 刁 [U+5201 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5201](https://unicodekit.com/char/5201)
- 刉 [U+5209 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5209](https://unicodekit.com/char/5209)
- 刀 [U+5200 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5200](https://unicodekit.com/char/5200)
- 刊 [U+520A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-520A](https://unicodekit.com/char/520A)
- 凿 [U+51FF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51FF](https://unicodekit.com/char/51FF)
- 刋 [U+520B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-520B](https://unicodekit.com/char/520B)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5205 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5205
