HanTrace

初

chū
HSK 3

“At first” in Chinese is 初 (chū).

Other characters with the syllable chu: see all 11 →

Meaning

  • bound format first; initially
  • bound formfirst; early
  • bound form(in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"

Example

我儿子在上初中。

From 初中 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 初

初步chūbùinitialHSK 3初级chūjíjuniorHSK 3初中chūzhōngjunior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])HSK 3当初dāngchūat that timeHSK 3年初niánchūbeginning of the yearHSK 3最初zuìchūfirstHSK 4初期chūqīinitial stageHSK 5初等chūděngelementary (i.e. easy)HSK 6

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