初

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

the left-radical form of Kangxi radical 145, 衣[yi1]

junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])

junior high school / abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]

first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school

third year in junior middle school

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist / also written 凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]

man at birth is fundamentally good in nature / the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1]

late Yuan and early Ming / mid 14th century

man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist