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Simplified Chinese version

U+521D

Seal script

Jinwen

Jiaguwen

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 5 strokes = 7 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.66#25 Kangxi: p.137#33 Cihai: p.178r4c05 GSR: 87.a Hanyu: v1,p0327#22
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𫋶 𢮀 𤙟 𭝘 𤯦 𠸗 𦁅 𪯨 𩷞 𪁲 𠠭
Mandarin:chū ㄔㄨ
Cantonese:co1
Tang reconstruction:*chriu
Shuowen:刀部》初:始也。从刀从衣。裁衣之始也。
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》初:舒也,始也,从刀衣盖裁衣之初。楚居切,二。
Kangxi:康熙字典·刀部·》初:〔古文〕䥚《唐韵》《集韵》楚居切《正韵》楚徂切,𠀤楚平声。《说文》始也。从刀衣,裁衣之始也。《徐曰》礼之初,施衣以蔽形。《书·禹谟》率百官若帝之初。《蔡仲》愼厥初。又《礼·檀弓》夫鲁有初。《注》初谓故事。又《列子·天瑞篇》太初者,气之始也。《韩愈诗》贤愚同一初。《韵会》又姓。
Fanqie:楚居 (《广韵·上平声··》)
Unihan definition:beginning, initial, primary

CTP Dictionary


chū ㄔㄨ (1): 始,开始。 Begin, start.
周易·䷾既济》:既济:亨,小利贞,吉终乱。
Ji Ji intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning; there may be disorder in the end.
春秋左传》:九月,考仲子之宫,献六羽。
春秋繁露·爵国》:又曰:“献六羽。”
尔雅·释诂》:,哉,首,基,肇,祖,元,胎,俶,落,权,舆,始也。
春秋谷梁传》:献六羽。
春秋公羊传》:献六羽。
chū ㄔㄨ (2): 从前,当初。 Originally, formerly.
史记·鲁周公世家》:,成王少时,病,周公乃自揃其蚤沈之河,以祝于神曰:“王少未有识,奸神命者乃旦也。”
春秋左传》:,郑武公娶于申,曰武姜。
汉书·郊祀志下》:,天子封泰山,泰山东北址古时有明堂处,处险不敞。
chū ㄔㄨ (3): 副词:刚刚,才。 Adverb: just, only just.
史记·秦始皇本纪》:赖宗庙,天下定,又复立国,是树兵也,而求其宁息,岂不难哉!
盐铁论·诏圣》:高皇帝时,天下定,发德音,行一切之令,权也,非拨乱反正之常也。
汉书·食货志下》:孝惠、高后时,为天下定,复弛商贾之律,然市井子孙亦不得宦为吏。
前汉纪》:是时天下定。
后汉书·邓寇列传》:今天下定,国信未宣,使君建节衔命,以临四方,郡国莫不延颈倾耳,望风归命。
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