初
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(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #850 U+521D
How 初 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Cutting 刀 the cloth 衤 is the first step in making clothes
How to remember it
elementary · Heisig RSH #405
cloak + dagger
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 初
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大年初一 | dà nián chū yī | Lunar New Year's Day |
| 人之初，性本善 | rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn | man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Class… |
| 初中生 | chū zhōng shēng | junior high student |
| 正月初一 | zhēng yuè chū yī | New Year's Day in the lunar calendar |
| 初级中学 | chū jí zhōng xué | junior high school; junior middle school; lower secondary school |
| 初级小学 | chū jí xiǎo xué | lower elementary school |
| 初学者 | chū xué zhě | beginning student |
| 和好如初 | hé hǎo rú chū | to bury the hatchet; to become reconciled |
| 格林尼治本初子午线 | Gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn | the Greenwich meridian |
| 年代初 | nián dài chū | beginning of an age; beginning of a decade |
| 唐初四大家 | Táng chū Sì Dà jiā | Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang; refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun… |
| 初露头角 | chū lù tóu jiǎo | lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent; first sign o… |
| 华灯初上 | huá dēng chū shàng | early evening when lanterns are first lit |
| 初等代数 | chū děng dài shù | elementary algebra |
| 初试身手 | chū shì shēn shǒu | to have a try; to try one's hand; initial foray |
| 初一 | chū yī | first year in junior middle school; first day of a lunar month |
| 初中 | chū zhōng | junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]) |
| 初心 | chū xīn | (one's) original intention, aspiration etc; (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an a… |
| 初生 | chū shēng | newborn; nascent; primary (biology) |
| 初小 | chū xiǎo | lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学[chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2]) |