初
初 — cho
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 처음 초
- Romanization
- cho
- English
- beginning, initial, primary
- Mandarin
- chū
- Japanese on'yomi
- ショ, ソ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- はじ.め はじ.めて はつ はつ- うい- -そ.める -ぞ.め
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #152 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刀 (18, 5 residual)
- Unicode
- U+521D
Parts that make up 初
How 初 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 初 as a ideographic compound involving 衣, 刀.
Korean example words with 初
- 시초始初 Korean gloss: 맨 처음
- 자초自初 Korean gloss: 처음부터
- 초두初頭 Korean gloss: 맨 처음
- 최초最初 Korean gloss: 맨 처음
- 연초年初 Korean gloss: 새해의 첫머리
- 초유初有 Korean gloss: 처음으로 있음
- 세초歲初 Korean gloss: 한 해의 첫머리
- 초발初發 Korean gloss: 처음으로 생겨남
- 초약初約 Korean gloss: 처음에 한 약속
- 초지初志 Korean gloss: 처음에 품은 뜻
- 월초月初 Korean gloss: 그달의 처음 무렵
- 초봉初俸 Korean gloss: 처음으로 받는 봉급
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 初
- 初はつ first; new
- 最初さいしょ beginning; outset; first
- 当初とうしょ beginning; start; outset
- 初日しょにち first day; opening day
- 初期しょき early days; early years; early stages
- 初代しょだい first generation; founder
- 初戦しょせん first match (in a series)
- 初演しょえん first performance; premiere
- 初旬しょじゅん first 10 days of the month
- 初頭しょとう beginning (of a century, etc.)
- 初球しょきゅう pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)
- 初場所はつばしょ New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
Other hanja read “초”
Other hanja with radical 刀
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