最初

zuìchū

first; primary; initial

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

最初我不认识他。

At first I did not know him.

最初的想法很简单。

The initial idea was very simple.