Chinese Character 初 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

初 meaning^[3] in English

At First.

(At The) Beginning.

First.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 初 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are the left-radical form … (衤) , and surname Dao (刀)

Its radical^[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with LSH

How to write 初

To write初chu1at first you should write a combination of 衤yi1the left-radical … , 刀dao1surname Dao arranged in a 吅 shape:

衤 + 刀 = 初

初 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 初 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 初, looks as follow: