1. 始

始

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Meta:

  1. 始 is the 381st most frequent character.
  2. 始 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 始 appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. 始 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
始 => 女, 台
Radical :
始 => 女 (woman), 厶 (private), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
始 => ㇛, 一, 丿, ㇛, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to begin/to start/then/only then

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 始 (shi3): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

开始 (開始)

Medium Frequency

原始 
始终 (始終)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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