Chinese symbol for “starting”
初始
chū shǐ
initial; starting (point)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for starting is 初始 (chū shǐ), defined as: initial; starting (point).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 初始.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当初 (當初) | dāng chū | at that time; originally |
| 初期 | chū qī | initial stage; beginning period |
| 最初 | zuì chū | first; primary |
| 年初 | nián chū | beginning of the year |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial; preliminary |
| 初中 | chū zhōng | junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学 (chū jí zhōng xué)) |
| 开始 (開始) | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 始终 (始終) | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end; all along |
See also: Japanese symbol for “starting”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.