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始

shǐ
to begin · to start
Radical: 女 Strokes: 8
Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Most common
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Character Decomposition
始=女+台
Etymology
woman
Meanings
to begin
to start
then
only then
shǐ
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Words with 始 155 total
Idioms with 始 57 total Chain