# 初 U+521D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521D

A Chinese character meaning “beginning, initial, primary”, read chū in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `初` |
| Codepoint | U+521D |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521D |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `初` `初` |
| CSS | `\521D` |
| JavaScript | `\u521D` |
| UTF-8 | E5 88 9D |
| UTF-16 | 521D |
| Definition | beginning, initial, primary |
| Mandarin | chū |
| Cantonese | co1 |
| Japanese | SHO SO HAJIME HATSU UI |
| Korean | CHO |

## Related characters

- 刜 [U+521C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521C](https://unicodekit.com/char/521C)
- 刞 [U+521E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521E](https://unicodekit.com/char/521E)
- 创 [U+521B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521B](https://unicodekit.com/char/521B)
- 刟 [U+521F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521F](https://unicodekit.com/char/521F)
- 刚 [U+521A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521A](https://unicodekit.com/char/521A)
- 删 [U+5220 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5220](https://unicodekit.com/char/5220)
- 则 [U+5219 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5219](https://unicodekit.com/char/5219)
- 刡 [U+5221 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5221](https://unicodekit.com/char/5221)
- 刘 [U+5218 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5218](https://unicodekit.com/char/5218)
- 刢 [U+5222 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5222](https://unicodekit.com/char/5222)
- 列 [U+5217 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5217](https://unicodekit.com/char/5217)
- 刣 [U+5223 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5223](https://unicodekit.com/char/5223)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/521D · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/521D