Phonetic Reading of the Character '初'



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Stroke Sequence of the Character '初'



Radical:刀     Strokes:7



Pinyin & Definition:

chūat first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic


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Words with Chinese Character 初:
at first
(at the) beginning
first
初一first day of lunar month
New Year's Day
初中junior high school
初中生a junior school student
初乳colostrum; beastings; foremilk; first milk; fore milk; neogala; protogala; colostral milk
初亏beginning of partial eclipse; eclipse beginning; first contact of umbra; first contact
初交new acquaintance; acquaintance
初产primiparity
初产妇primipara; unipara
初产的primiparous; uniparous
初伏middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year
初会first meeting
初值initial value; starting value; provisional value
初具规模begin to take shape
初冬early winter
初几Any day between the first and the tenth day of a month.
初出茅庐quite inexperienced in society
初创startup (company, phase etc)
newly established
in the early stages
初创公司new company
newly established enterprise
初刻拍案惊奇Slap the table in amazement, Part I
first of two books of stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初