shǐ

Radical: 女 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

始 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 始

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 始.

伊始
yī shǐ
倡始
chàng shǐ
创始
chuàng shǐ
初始
chū shǐ
原始
yuán shǐ
固始
gù shǐ
始兴
shǐ xīng
始发
shǐ fā
始建
shǐ jiàn
始末
shǐ mò
始点
shǐ diǎn
始祖
shǐ zǔ

Related characters (radical 女)

Characters that share the radical .

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