tài​chū

absolute beginning

Senses

太初 tài​chū absolute beginning

the most remote antiquity; the beginning of the universe before things took shape

太初 tài​chū Taichu era

the Taichu era (104–101 BC), a reign period during the Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu

太初 tài​chū the source

the origin of the natural world or the Dao in Daoist philosophy

太初 tài​chū remote antiquity

primeval times; the earliest period of human history before civilization

References

synonym 太初/太初 太始/太始
synonym 太初/太初 元始/元始
see 元始/元始 太初/太初