| 初 |
chū dōng | early winter |
| 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" |
| 冬 |
Dōng | surname Dong |
| 冬 |
dōng | winter |
| 冬 |
dōng | (onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat |