Keyword
to begin
- to start
- beginning
- Frequency
- #282
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
shǐ100%
Mnemonic
女 (woman) gives the meaning and 台 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
开始
to begin; to start; beginning; start
始终
from beginning to end; all along
原始
first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
始
to begin; to start; then; only then
创始人
creator; founder; initiator
始建
to start building
创始
to initiate; to found
初始
initial; starting (point)
秦始皇
Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
起始
to begin; to start; at first; initially
自始至终
from start to finish (idiom)
始末
whole story; the ins and outs
伊始
outset; beginning
始祖
primogenitor; founder of a school or trade
原始人
primitive man; prehistoric human
原始社会
primitive society
初始化
(computing) to initialize; initialization
始作俑者
(lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom); (fig.) the originator of an evil practice
从零开始
to start from scratch
始发
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey); to start (being issued or circulated); to start (happening); originating
始终如一
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
周而复始
lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles; the wheel comes full circle
创始者
creator; initiator
自始
from the outset; ab initio