初ㄔㄨchū心ㄒㄧㄣxīn

最初的心意。唐·吳融〈和楊侍郎〉詩：「煙霄慚暮齒，麋鹿愧初心。」

英(one's) original intention, aspiration etc, (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)