Chinese symbol for “startup”
初创
chū chuàng
Traditional: 初創
startup (company, phase etc); newly established
The closest CC-CEDICT match for startup is 初创 (chū chuàng), defined as: startup (company, phase etc); newly established.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 初创.
| 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)) |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
| 创造 (創造) | chuàng zào | to create; to bring about |
See also: Japanese symbol for “startup”.
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.