1. 始
  2. 終

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)

終

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Meta:

  1. 終 is the 558th most frequent character.
  2. 終 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 終 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 終 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
終 => 糹, 冬
Radical :
終 => 糹 (silk), 夂 (go), ⺀ (dot)
Graphical :
終 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒, ⺀

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhong1 - end/finish

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 終 (zhong1): The component 冬 is pronounced as 'dong1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 終 (zhong1): The component 夂 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

终于 (終於)

Medium Frequency

始终 (始終)
年终 (年終)
最终 (最終)
终 (終)
终极 (終極)
终生 (終生)
终究 (終究)
终结 (終結)
终结者 (終結者)
终身 (終身)
终点 (終點)
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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