noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. creation, production, creative work (novel, film, etc.), original work, (creative) writing.
  2. fabrication, fiction, invention.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
創作 そうさく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

genesis, wound, injury
ソウ つく.る ショウ (6th, N1)
godown, warehouse, storehouse
くら ソウ (4th, N1)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
door, house
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
make, production, prepare
サク つく.る サ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ サク -なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)