Read Edit View history 初 chū HSK3 beginning Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Nov 1, 2021, 05:21 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 1, 2021, 05:21 PM verify Changed fields: isVerified, components, customSources Depicts cutting out fabric (衤) with a knife (刀), the first step in making clothes. Components 衤 衤 Iconic component 衤 is a component form of 衣. 刀 刀 Iconic component Character Evolution Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseGlossBaxter-Sagarttsrhjo[ts]ʰra beginning 說文解字 《說文》：“初，始也。从刀，从衣。裁衣之始也。” Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Baxter-Sagart Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
