Character Details
| begin/start (to); the beginning | Ascii: — | w232 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 始 | shǐ | sheuh | 3 | 女 (woman) + 台 (platform) → begin | 始 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Many men, before they commence their relationship with the woman of their desires, place her on something of a pedestal (platform), which often leads to disappointment later on. | ||||||||||
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| [HSK 3] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - Let's get started | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Single Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Radical | Name | Label | Domain | Component Persona | Example Characters | ||||||
| 39 - 女 | nǚ | woman | woman | woman kneeling | 女 好 妈 | ||||||
| Elements | Semantic Element | Phonetic Element | Note | ||||||||
| 女 (woman) + 台 (platform) → begin | 女 (semantic) | 台 (phonetic) | phonetic from 台 | ||||||||