初 (chū) — Chinese Character

初

chū

at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

Radical: 刀 HSK 3 f, d, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

初 decomposes into the following components:

衤刀

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 初.

初一

chū yī

first day of lunar month

初三

chū sān

初中

chū zhōng

junior high school

初二

chū èr

初伏

chū fú

middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year

初估

chū gū

初冬

chū dōng

early winter

初创

chū chuàng

startup (company, phase etc)

初升

chū shēng

rising (sun, moon etc)

初叶

chū yè

early part (of a decade, century etc)

初声

chū shēng

initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics)

初夏

chū xià

early summer

Characters that share the radical 刀.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.