Read Edit View history 初 chū HSK3 beginning Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts cutting out fabric (衤) with a knife (刀), the first step in making clothes. Pinyin Separate values with commas chū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 衤 is a component form of 衣. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 初 Simp strokes 初 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 初 Simp strokes 初 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 初 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 319, 826 ], [ 409, 770 ], [ 432, 733 ] ], [ [ 115, 547 ], [ 180, 532 ], [ 291, 563 ], [ 342, 584 ], [ 373, 588 ], [ 401, 580 ], [ 390, 545 ], [ 372, 514 ], [ 256, 360 ], [ 184, 286 ], [ 116, 230 ], [ 67, 199 ] ], [ [ 305, 374 ], [ 307, 345 ], [ 321, 316 ], [ 308, 92 ], [ 314, 22 ] ], [ [ 464, 459 ], [ 476, 435 ], [ 430, 384 ], [ 422, 386 ] ], [ [ 373, 382 ], [ 436, 339 ], [ 464, 297 ] ], [ [ 523, 539 ], [ 547, 530 ], [ 594, 534 ], [ 808, 580 ], [ 836, 574 ], [ 854, 557 ], [ 827, 307 ], [ 801, 197 ], [ 779, 143 ], [ 758, 117 ], [ 734, 103 ], [ 633, 163 ] ], [ [ 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368,391Q364,388 364,378Q367,369 386,351Q414,326 442,294Q452,284 464,283Q473,283 477,293Q481,303 477,327Q473,346 445,364Q438,368 429,370C418,375 418,375 413,377Z", "M658,531Q725,547 792,554Q805,555 809,548Q818,532 815,485Q805,317 775,228Q760,173 742,155Q730,142 705,149Q671,159 640,169Q616,176 633,154Q679,105 705,65Q715,44 737,50Q756,54 781,82Q853,157 870,442Q874,505 898,543Q914,564 905,573Q890,592 856,606Q831,619 805,607Q682,555 531,548Q515,549 514,541Q513,532 532,520Q554,504 577,512Q590,516 605,519C640,527 640,527 658,531Z", "M605,519Q629,386 520,228Q517,225 516,222Q485,174 402,90Q395,81 402,79Q409,78 420,84Q483,118 532,171Q619,256 667,435Q677,463 689,492Q696,502 689,512Q682,521 658,531C641,538 601,537 605,519Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit 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