| 初 |
chū shí | to meet (sb) for the first time; to encounter (a place, an idea etc) for the first time |
| 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" |
| 识 |
shí | to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 |
zhì | to record / to write a footnote |