初

Glyph origin
– start making clothes by cutting the cloth.

The various -shaped glyphs are or are evolved from.

Definitions

 * 1) initial; inceptive
 * 2) first
 * 3) prefix of dates from 1st to 10th in the
 * 4) original
 * 5) elementary; basic
 * 6) beginning; start
 * 7) just
 * 1) original
 * 2) elementary; basic
 * 3) beginning; start
 * 4) just
 * 1) beginning; start
 * 2) just
 * 1) just
 * 1) just

Etymology 1
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From.

Possible cognates include and.

Prefix

 * 1) the first..., initial..., new...

Noun

 * 1) a first, start, a beginning
 * 2)  first sexual relations, one's first time
 * 1)  first sexual relations, one's first time
 * 1)  first sexual relations, one's first time

Etymology 2
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First attested in the of roughly 905-914, and assumed to be inherited from.

There is an apparently related term of overlapping synonymous meaning, first attested in the early 1000s. It is unclear how these two terms are related: one might be a derivation of the other, or the two might derive separately via other processes.

Both ui and ubu appear to be related to verb, from the sense of "first of something since one has been born".

Martin suggests that this might be a fusion of 🇰🇲. However, the meaning of any such compound would be the noun with a sense of "the day a woman gives birth" rather than "the day someone is born". Also, phonologically, this would be expected to result in ubi: +  →  →  →.

Possibly cognate with or classical verb.

Noun

 * 1)  a first, start

Prefix

 * 1)  the first of something

Etymology 3
From stem up- cognate with ui (historical uhi) above. Cause of the shift in voicing is uncertain.

Adjective

 * 1) innocent
 * 2) inexperienced, green

Etymology 4
From.

Compare 🇨🇬.

Affix

 * 1) beginning, start
 * 2) first, initial

Etymology 6
Nominalization of.

Etymology
From.

Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Prefix

 * 1) the first..., initial..., new...

Etymology
From.

Possible cognates include, , and.

Prefix

 * 1) the first..., initial..., new...