| 初 |
chū yī | first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school |
| 初 |
chū | at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic |
| 一 |
yī | one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |