初
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
初 (radical 18, 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中尸竹 (LSH), four-corner 37220, composition ⿰衤刀)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 137, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1911
- Dae Jaweon: page 310, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 327, character 22
- Unihan data for U+521D
Chinese[edit]
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Glyph origin[edit]
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Ideogrammic compound (會意): 衤 (“clothes”) + 刀 (“knife; to cut”) – start making clothes by cutting the cloth.
The various 𢀰-shaped glyphs are or are evolved from Zetian characters.
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
初
- initial; inceptive
- original; first; primary
- elementary; basic
- beginning; start
- initially; originally
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 初
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
初
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: そ (so)
- Kan-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
- Kun: はじめ (hajime, 初め, Jōyō); はじめて (hajimete, 初めて, Jōyō); はつ (hatsu, 初, Jōyō); うい (ui, 初); そめる (someru, 初める, Jōyō)
- Nanori: はじめ (hajime); し (shi); もと (moto)
Compounds[edit]
- 初雪 (hatsuyuki): the first snow
- 初心 (shoshin): original intention
- 初心者 (shoshinsha): beginner
- 最初 (saisho): first
- 初速度 (shosokudo): initial velocity
- 初夏 (shoka): the beginning of summer
- 初春 (shoshun): the beginning of spring
- 初秋 (shoshū): the beginning of autumn
- 初冬 (shotō): the beginning of winter
- 初誕生 (hatsutanjō): first birthday
- 初々しい (uiuishī): innocent
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 初 |
| うい Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese.
upi > uɸi > uwi > ui.
Noun[edit]
初 (hiragana うい, rōmaji ui, historical hiragana うひ)
- the first; a start
Prefix[edit]
初 (hiragana うい, rōmaji ui-, historical hiragana うひ)
- first
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 初 |
| はつ Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese.
patu > ɸatu > hatu
Noun[edit]
- the first; a start; the beginning
- 今年初のコンサート
- kotoshi hatsu no konsāto
- the first concert of this year
- 今年初のコンサート
- first sexual relations
- Antonyms
Prefix[edit]
初 (hiragana はつ, rōmaji hatsu-)
- first
Etymology 3[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 初 |
| Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
From 始め (hajime, “beginning, first”).
Proper noun[edit]
初 (hiragana はじめ, rōmaji Hajime)
- A male given name
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
初 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
初 (sơ)
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