Memory phrase for the character: 始

始

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Meaning

to begin, to start, then, only then

Pronunciation

shǐ

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)

Mnemonic
 
The woman came on the tribune/stage and started.

Radicals

女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
台 stage, tribune
厶 private, noseSide view of a nose that is facing to the left.




 Vocabulary

开始 kāi shǐ  to begin; beginning; to start; initial
原始 yuán shǐ  first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
始终 shǐ zhōng  from beginning to end; all along
 

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