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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 他们五月初到了大阪。

  They arrived in Osaka at the beginning of May.

• 以初学者来说，你打网球已经算是打得不错了。

  You are a good tennis player, as beginners go.

• 你们应该实行你们最初的计划。

  You must carry out your first plan.

• 初次穿着前要先清洗。

  Wash before first wearing.

• 加拿大國歌的歌詞最初是用法文寫的。

  The text of the national anthem of Canada was first written in French.

• 她是我的初恋。

  She's my first love.

• 她是我的初恋女友。

  She was my first girlfriend.

• 本世纪初以来，产生了很多进步。

  Many improvements have been made since this century began.

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