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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 初

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
初 chū - at first
- (at the) beginning
- first
- junior
- basic

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 2,706 1,037 1,590

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 衤 刀

Radical:

刀

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Cutting 刀 the cloth 衤 is the first step in making clothes

Other Words Containing 初

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
初 - 3 2,706 1,037 1,590
当初 6 3 2,902 2,856 2,114
最初 5 4 4,136 4,095 4,329
起初 6 7 6,649 10,900 16,289
初步 6 3 7,158 2,290 9,164
初恋 - - 7,534 9,566 4,217
初次 - 7 8,740 11,656 12,970
初中 - 3 10,626 3,821 2,745
初级 5 3 10,789 9,623 8,611
初期 - 5 12,953 5,039 13,282
初衷 - 8 13,338 11,164 13,240
初始 - - 17,649 11,559 24,734
初学者 - - 19,092 32,485 26,586
初始化 - - 21,458 49,103 69,422
初选 - - 21,510 23,137 37,949
初犯 - - 25,259 69,313 69,735
初稿 - - 26,705 29,813 28,372
初中生 - - 28,074 - -
初一 - - 31,491 9,220 5,238
年初 - 3 32,481 4,725 8,186
初出茅庐 - - 33,478 46,506 46,273
初来乍到 - - 34,733 48,880 52,830
初审 - - 34,801 26,693 47,605
月初 - 9 43,807 25,256 19,992
初三 - - 43,899 9,951 5,206
初试 - - 46,383 30,897 36,029
初夏 - - 47,039 29,137 26,089
初二 - - 49,265 11,975 6,745
初赛 - - 50,210 28,774 30,398
初露锋芒 - - 55,879 88,904 91,462
悔不当初 - - 57,284 73,277 37,459
初等教育 - - 60,482 - -
初等 - 6 65,798 41,233 74,275
初婚 - - 66,113 73,033 45,203
初创 - - 91,318 37,144 41,146
初级中学 - - 95,219 56,857 69,777