草創

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See also: 草创

Chinese

grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
begin; initiate; inaugurate
begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma
 
trad. (草創) 草 創
simp. (草创) 草 创

Pronunciation

Verb

草創

  1. to set about building; to begin to build
    帝圖草創，皇業初開。功高佐命，業贊雲雷。
    帝图草创，皇业初开。功高佐命，业赞云雷。
    Dì tú cǎochuàng, huángyè chū kāi. Gōng gāo zuǒmìng, yè zàn yúnléi.
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  2. (literary) to draft; to draw up

Synonyms

  • (to draft):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草 創
そう
Grade: 1 		そう
Grade: 6
on'yomi kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

草(そう)創(そう) • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?

  1. beginning; inauguration

Derived terms

Verb

草(そう)創(そう)する • (sōsō suru) ←さうさう (sausau)?transitive suru (stem 草(そう)創(そう)し (sōsō shi), past 草(そう)創(そう)した (sōsō shita))

  1. to begin, to inaugurate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "草創する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 草創し そうそうし sōsō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 草創し そうそうし sōsō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 草創する そうそうする sōsō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 草創する そうそうする sōsō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 草創すれ そうそうすれ sōsō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 草創せよ¹
草創しろ² 		そうそうせよ¹
そうそうしろ² 		sōsō seyo¹
sōsō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 草創される そうそうされる sōsō sareru
Causative 草創させる
草創さす 		そうそうさせる
そうそうさす 		sōsō saseru
sōsō sasu
Potential 草創できる そうそうできる sōsō dekiru
Volitional 草創しよう そうそうしよう sōsō shiyō
Negative 草創しない そうそうしない sōsō shinai
Negative continuative 草創せず そうそうせず sōsō sezu
Formal 草創します そうそうします sōsō shimasu
Perfective 草創した そうそうした sōsō shita
Conjunctive 草創して そうそうして sōsō shite
Hypothetical conditional 草創すれば そうそうすれば sōsō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
草創

Noun

草創 • (chochang) (hangeul 초창)

  1. hanja form? of 초창
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