Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 初


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Meaning

at first, (at the) beginning, junior

Pronunciation

chū

Explanation

Left: clothes 衤/, right: sword

Mnemonic

He is wearing the clothes and the sword for the first time.

Radicals

clothes
knife, sword(variantes are: blade and 刅)
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Vocabulary

最初 zuì chū first; primary; initial
初期 chū qī initial stage; beginning period
初步 chū bù initial; preliminary; tentative
年初 nián chū beginning of the year
初稿 chū gǎo first draft (of writing)
初生之犊不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom). The fearlessness of youth.

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