Character data
HSK
5
FREQUENCY
667th character
RADICAL
⼑ (18.5)
STROKES
7
INDEX #
889
Character data
| HSK | 5 |
| Frequency | 667th character |
| Radical | ⼑ (18.5) |
| Strokes | 7 |
| Index # | 889 |
Definitions
| 初 chū |
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Stroke order
Words containing 初
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first try; preliminary exam; qualifying exam
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2nd year in junior middle school; 2nd day of a lunar month
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preliminary contest; initial heats of a competition
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to display one's ability for the first time
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to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
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elementary (i.e. easy)
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primary education; junior school education
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newly established; in the early stages
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junior middle school; junior high school
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the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字经sān zì jīng
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late Yuan and early Ming; mid 14th century
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Ling Mengchu, Ming dynasty writer
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Ling Mengchu, Ming dynasty writer
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first hot period of midsummer
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to make a preliminary estimate
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to be a newcomer; just off the boat
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early winter
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young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn
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Slapping the Table in Amazement, Part One
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Ming short story collection by Ling Mengchu
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newly established; in the early stages
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newly established enterprise; new company
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newly established enterprise; new company
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rising (sun, moon etc)
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the four great poets of early Tang China
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