Zi:初

初 [chū] beginning; begin; 初​步 chūbù preliminary; ​起初 qǐchū at first

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

►co1 ​初 b.f./char. ►co1 co1 初初 ►co1 go1 初哥 ►co1 lai4 bou6 dou3 初嚟埗到 ►co1 saang1 bi1 初生B

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►³chū ​初 {B} b.f. at the beginning of; in the early part of ◆pref. first (in order)

The Shuōwén Seal form of 初(​􀯝​𠜆) chū ‘begin’ (初​始) combines ​衤(​􁚂​衣) yī ‘clothing’ and ​刀(​􀯑​𠚣) dāo ‘knife’: the first garments were made from animal skins, the preparation of which begins with a knife.
    “The ​刀 cutting out of the ​衣 garment” —Karlgren.
    Compare: ​裁(​􁚃​𧚝) cái ‘make clothing’ (​裁​衣, ​製​衣​以​鍼); ​制(​􀰍), ​製(​􁛺) zhì ‘make (clothing)’ (​剪​裁; also with ‘knife’ and ‘clothing’).
    Compare: ​革(​􀞁​􀞂​𠦶) gé ‘leather/leatherwork’, ​皮(​􀢂) pí ‘skin/hide’ (​皮​革).
    HDZ: 初 : chū : (​古) 初​民​无​衣, ​大​氐/​抵​皆​兽​皮​以​刀​割​裁​而​成, ​衣​之​新​出​于​刀, ​是初​义​也, ​故初​確​係​从​刀; ​开​始 (䷾ 初​吉​终​乱); ​当初, ​本​来; ​引​起​追​叙​往​事​之​词, ​原​先, ​早​先; (​副​词) (​才, ​刚​刚; 初​无, ​本​无); ​最​低​的 (​等​级) (初​等, 初​级); ​舒; ​鼻; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:066.25; Karlgren:AD975,GSR87a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.327.22; Mathews:1390; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:137.33; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:061.1.10; Wáng(1993):25; EDOC:1
►components: ​衤​刀​
►Cantonese: cho\
Shuōwén: ​􀯝(​𠜆)
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