| 太 |
tài chū | the absolute beginning |
| 太 |
tài | highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely |
| 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" |