創立

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 創立, read そうりつ, means founding an organization such as a school or company.
• Basic usage: It describes an anniversary of a school's founding or people establishing a new company.
  • 学校の創立百周年を祝う式典が開かれた。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Founding versus construction
  • 創立 concerns founding an organization, while 建設 is used for constructing buildings or facilities. A school's founding year may differ from the year its new building was constructed.