初 chū
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刀 — knife
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 刀 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
初
chū
early; beginning
Character
Example phrases
- 初春很冷。 Chūchūn hěn lěng. Early spring is very cold.
- 我初学中文。 Wǒ chū xué Zhōngwén. I just started learning Chinese.
- 年初我很忙。 Niánchū wǒ hěn máng. I am very busy at the start of the year.
Related words
- 初 chū first; early
- 初步 chūbù preliminary; first-step
- 初级 chūjí beginner level
- 初中 chūzhōng junior high school
- 当初 dāngchū at first; back then
- 年初 niánchū beginning of the year
- 最初 zuìchū at first
- 初期 chūqī early stage
- 近期 jìnqī recently; soon
- 从前 cóngqián in the past; long ago
- 短期 duǎnqī short-term
- 日常 rìcháng daily; everyday