初级

Character by character

• 初chū8 strokesHSK 3beginning, initial, primary
• 级jí6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 級level, rank, class; grade

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 初级. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 级jíHSK 2

  level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level

• 超级chāo jíHSK 3

  super-; ultra-; hyper-

• 初chūHSK 3

  at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

• 高级gāo jíHSK 2

  high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking

• 当初dāng chūHSK 3

  at that time; originally

• 升级shēng jíHSK 6

  to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade

• 最初zuì chūHSK 4

  first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally

• 初步chū bùHSK 3

  initial; preliminary; tentative

• 级别jí biéHSK 7

  (military) rank; level; grade

• 等级děng jíHSK 5

  grade; rank; status

• 顶级dǐng jíHSK 7

  top-notch; first-rate

• 上级shàng jíHSK 5

  higher authorities; superiors

• 初中chū zhōngHSK 3

  junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)

• 年级nián jíHSK 2

  grade; year (in school, college etc)

• 阶级jiē jíHSK 7

  (social) class

• 起初qǐ chūHSK 7

  originally; at first; at the outset

• 初期chū qīHSK 5

  initial stage; beginning period

• 初次chū cìHSK 7

  for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)

• 班级bān jíHSK 3

  class (group of students); grade (in school)

• 重量级zhòng liàng jíHSK 7

  heavyweight (boxing etc)

• 初衷chū zhōngHSK 7

  original intention

• 世界级shì jiè jíHSK 7

  world-class

• 年初nián chūHSK 3

  beginning of the year

• 五星级wǔ xīng jíHSK 7

  five-star (hotel)