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初

CJK (hanzi/kanji/hanja) character
Intangible sinogram Q54879901

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
sinogram, kanji character, Unicode character[1][2]
CJKV variant character
𥝢, 䥚, 𠁉, 𠜆, 𠫎, 𡔈, 𢀯, 𢀰, 𣦂, 𥘉, 𥘨, 𫢈, 𭂺, 𭃡, 𭃨, 𮕥, 𰀔, 𰀛, 𰨛[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
Cangjie input
LSH[34]
Catalog
Table of General Standard Chinese Characters, Chart of Standard Forms of Common National Characters, Basic Hanja for educational use, Table of hanja for personal names[7][8][9][10]
Catalog code
0889, 3709[5][6]
Grade of kanji
grade 4 kyōiku kanji[17]
HTML entity
初, 初[13][14]
Hangul pronunciation
초[36]
Has kanji reading
ショ, はじめ, はじめて, はつ, うい, そめる[41][42][43][44][45][46]
Ideographic description sequence
⿰, 衤, 刀[37][38][39]
Native label
初[11]
Radical
Kangxi radical 18 (⼑), Radical 145[18][19]
Stroke count
+7, +8[15][16]
Unicode block
CJK Unified Ideographs[35]
Unicode character
初[4]
Unicode character name
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521D[40]
Unicode code point
521D[12]
Writing system
Chinese characters[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521D en 初
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters ID
A03709
Digital Hanja Dictionary ID
763
GlyphWiki ID
u521d-g, u521d-j, u521d-t, u521d-v
International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database ID
7700
Kanjipedia kanji ID
0003275800

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  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Table of General Standard Chinese Characters. kanji.jitenon.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Gakunenbetsu kanji haitōhyō. kanji.jitenon.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Hanyu Da Zidian (2010). wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Hanyu Da Zidian (2010). wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Taishō Tripiṭaka. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Table of hanja for personal names. waks.aks.ac.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . Revised List of Characters for General Use. wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . Revised List of Characters for General Use. wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . Revised List of Characters for General Use. wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . Revised List of Characters for General Use. wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . Revised List of Characters for General Use. wikidata.org.
  46. [46] ↑ . Revised List of Characters for General Use. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · 白布飘扬 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CJKV variant character → 𥝢, 䥚, 𠁉 +16
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48868|batch #48868]]: Variant form of CJK United Ideograph from U+30800 to U+30BFF"
  2. 25w ago · 白布飘扬 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hangul pronunciation → 초
    Unicode character name → CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-521D
    Catalog → Table of General Standard Chinese Characters, Chart of Standard Forms of Common National Characters, Basic Hanja for educational use +1
    CJKV variant character → 𥝢, 䥚, 𠁉 +16
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30937|batch #30937]]: Variant form of CJK United Ideograph from U+30000 to U+303FF"
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