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
初级
chūjí
beginner level
Characters in this word
级 jí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 及 to extend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我上初级班。 Wǒ shàng chūjí bān. I attend a beginner class.
- 这是初级课。 Zhè shì chūjí kè. This is a beginner lesson.
- 初级汉语不难。 Chūjí Hànyǔ bù nán. Beginner Chinese is not hard.
Related words
- 初 chū early; beginning
- 初 chū first; early
- 初步 chūbù preliminary; first-step
- 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
- 高级 gāojí advanced; high-level
- 级 jí level; grade
- 年级 niánjí school grade
- 中级 zhōngjí intermediate level