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초

read 초 음18 words 낱말from TOPIK 1 1급 4 more read 초 동음

As the first character — 12 words

초기 初期 the initial period, the early days TOPIK 4 초 初 the beginning, the early part TOPIK 2 초반 初盤 early phase TOPIK 4 초대 初代 the first generation; the founder TOPIK 1 초등학교 初等學校 elementary school TOPIK 2 초보 初步 initial, first steps TOPIK 4 초여름 初- early summer TOPIK 4 초저녁 初- early in the evening TOPIK 4 초보자 初步者 beginner TOPIK 4 초성 初聲 initial sound Common 초순 初旬 first ten days of a month TOPIK 5 초등학생 初等學生 elementary school student TOPIK 2

As the last character — 6 words

최초 最初 first TOPIK 4 당초 當初 from the beginning TOPIK 4 애초 -初 beginning TOPIK 6 정초 正初 early January Common 태초 太初 the beginning Common 시초 始初 inception, origination Common

4 other characters are also read 초

招 초 5 草 초 5 超 초 5 礎 초 3

Characters it combines with

學 학 초등학교 初等學校 2 shared words 等 등 초등학교 初等學校 2 shared words 步 보 초보 初步 2 shared words 者 자 초보자 初步者 1 shared word 生 생 초등학생 初等學生 1 shared word 期 기 초기 初期 1 shared word 代 대 초대 初代 1 shared word 當 당 당초 當初 1 shared word 正 정 정초 正初 1 shared word 最 최 최초 最初 1 shared word 校 교 초등학교 初等學校 1 shared word 始 시 시초 始初 1 shared word

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Hanja spellings, word meanings and TOPIK grades from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

The reading 초 is derived from the alignment between these words' Hangul and their hanja spellings, not taken from a character dictionary — which is also why no 훈 is shown.