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
初期
chūqī
early stage
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 初期很难。 Chū qī hěn nán. The early stage is hard.
- 学习初期要慢。 Xuéxí chū qī yào màn. Go slowly at the start of learning.
- 公司初期人少。 Gōngsī chū qī rén shǎo. The company has few people at first.