first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
最 · 12 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 取 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "gather". The meaning later shifted to "accumulate", "many" and "most". Originally written as…
初 · 7 strokes
Depicts cutting out fabric (衤) with a knife (刀), the first step in making clothes.