始 (shǐ)
to begin/to start
How 始 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 — woman
- Traditional
- 始
- Simplified
- 始 (unchanged)
Common words using 始
- 開始 kāishǐ
- to begin; beginning; to start
- 原始 yuánshǐ
- first; original; primitive
- 始終 shǐzhōng
- from beginning to end; all along
- 伊始 yīshǐ
- beginning; henceforth
- 初始 chūshǐ
- initial; starting (point)
- 初始化 chūshǐhuà
- (computing) to initialize; initialization
- 創始 chuàngshǐ
- to initiate; to found
- 創始人 chuàngshǐrén
- creator; founder; initiator
- 創始者 chuàngshǐzhě
- creator; initiator
- 原始林 yuánshǐlín
- old growth forest; primary forest; original forest cover
- 固始 gùshǐ
- Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
- 固始縣 gùshǐxiàn
- Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
始 in a sentence
電影什麼時候開始？
Diànyǐng shénme shíhòu kāishǐ?
“When does the movie start?”
How common is 始?
始 is the 381st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 69.9% of all running text.
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