| 初 |
chū fú | the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days |
| 初 |
chū | (bound form) at first; initially / (bound form) first; early / (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 "the third" |
| 伏 |
Fú | surname Fu |
| 伏 |
fú | to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt |