Chinese Character 始 Meanings and components.

Form

始

Meaning

始 meaning[3] in English

To Begin.

To Start.

Then.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 始 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and Taiwan (abbr.) (台)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VIR

How to write 始

To write始shi3to begin you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 台 = 始

始 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 始 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 始, looks as follow:

始
Pinyin:shi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Begin . To Start . Then . Only Then
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
台
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Taiwan (Abbr.) . Surname Tai
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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