初

Information about character(s)

Radical: 刀
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 7

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chū
Cantonese: co1
JapaneseKun: HAJIME HATSU UI
JapaneseOn: SHO SO
Korean: CHO
Vietnamese: sơ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: beginning, initial, primary

CE-Dict: at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic

Soothill: To cut cloth for clothes; beginning, first.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Commencement, inception; the beginning, the opening, the start, the outset (adaya, adi). (2) The inception of the arousal of the mind of faith. (3) The first of the ten abidings (十住). (4) The beginning of entry into religious practice.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.in the early part of
2.at the beginning of
3.first

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: at the beginning of; early; elementary; first; original
【醫】 arch-; arche-; prot-; proto-

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: at the beginning of; early; elementary; first; original

湘雅醫學專業詞典: aetio-;arch-;archae-;arche-;archeo-;archi-;etio-;proto-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《刀部》初始也。从刀从衣。裁衣之始也。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【刀字部】初
〔古文〕䥚【唐韻】【集韻】楚居切【正韻】楚徂切，𠀤楚平聲。【說文】始也。从刀衣，裁衣之始也。【徐曰】禮之初，施衣以蔽形。【書·禹謨】率百官若帝之初。【蔡仲】愼厥初。又【禮·檀弓】夫魯有初。【註】初謂故事。又【列子·天瑞篇】太初者，氣之始也。【韓愈詩】賢愚同一初。【韻會】又姓。

Buddhism words and phrases beginning

Japanese Places Hatsu (loc)

CF-Dict: début/commencement/premier/élémentaire/préliminaire/primitif

Han-De-Dict: Beginn (u.E.) (S)/erst- (u.E.)