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Animated Stroke Order 初

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Stroke Order Diagrams 初

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Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order:

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初 handwriting practice sheet - portrait

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
de
chū
zhōng
shì
bāng
zhù
pín
kùn
ér
tóng

His original intention was to help poor children.

2
chū
xué
hàn
yīn
hěn
biāo
zhǔn

She is a beginner in Chinese, and her pronunciation is very standard.

3
men
wán
chéng
le
xiàng
chū
huà

We completed the preliminary plan for the project.

4
zuì
huān
de
shuǐ
guǒ
zuì
chū
shì
píng
guǒ

My favorite fruit was originally an apple.

5
zuì
chū
xué
zhōng
wén
shí
jué
de
hěn
nán

When he first started learning Chinese, he found it very difficult.

6
zhè
ge
huà
zuì
chū
shì
wèi
le
bāng
zhù
hái
zi
men
dàn
xiàn
zài
zhī
chí
chéng
nián
rén

This plan was initially designed to help children, but now it also supports adults.

7
zhè
shì
chū
hàn

This is a beginner Chinese class.

8
gāng
xué
yīng
hái
zài
chū
shuǐ
píng

He just started learning English and is still at a basic level.

9
zhè
běn
shū
shì
chū
xué
zhě
nèi
róng
jiǎn
dān
dǒng

This book is suitable for beginners, with simple and easy-to-understand content.

10
zhè
shì
chū
de
huà

This is the preliminary plan.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes7
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#399
Zhuyinㄔㄨ
Components
UnicodeU+521D
CangjieLSH
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality