Memory phrase for the character: 初

初

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Meaning at first, (at the) beginning, junior

Pronunciation

chū

Explanation

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: sword 刀

Mnemonic
 
He is wearing the clothes and the sword for the first time.

Radicals

衣 clothes
刀 knife, swordvariations are: blade 刃 and 刅
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 Vocabulary

最初 zuì chū  first; primary; initial
初期 chū qī  initial stage; beginning period
初步 chū bù  initial; preliminary; tentative
年初 nián chū  beginning of the year
初稿 chū gǎo  first draft (of writing)
初生之犊不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ  A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom). The fearlessness of youth.
初生之犊不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ  

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