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ㄔㄨ

chū

beginning

初 is a 7 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as chū in the first tone.

It is made up of the components (clothes) and (knife).

  • ㄔㄨ

    chū

    beginning

    • clothes

    • ㄉㄠ

      dāo

      knife

2 stories have been written about this character — see all
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Рубашка начинается с тряпки и ножниц
by Alex

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Your beginning is when you’re cut from your mother and have clothes put on.
by bradleyayers

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 初

Definitions for 初 pronounced as chū

  • at first
  • (at the) beginning
  • first
  • junior
  • basic

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