初
                
                
                    
                    Simplified/traditional character
                    
                
            初 English definition
        
            chū
            
                
                    
                
                
            
            
                
            
        
        
            
                
                - at first
- (at the) beginning
- first
- junior
- basic
chū
- at first
- (at the) beginning
- first
- junior
- basic
HSK levels
Characters with the same pronunciation
Words containing 初, by HSK level
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                        HSK 5 vocabulary list
                    
                    - 初级 (chū jí) : junior; primary
- 最初 (zuì chū) : first; primary; initial
 
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                        HSK 6 vocabulary list
                    
                    - 初步 (chū bù) : initial; preliminary; tentative
- 当初 (dāng chū) : at that time; originally
- 起初 (qǐ chū) : originally; at first; at the outset
 
