Dong Chinese dictionary

chū

beginning

Depicts cutting out fabric (衤) with a knife (刀), the first step in making clothes.

Components

衤 Iconic component

yī

clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

刀 Iconic component

dāo

knife

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chū

beginning, initial, primary; at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

Most common words with 初

Sources