Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 始

始

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Meaning

 to begin, to start, then, only then

Pronunciation

 shǐ

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: platform 台 (The nose 厶 over the mouth 口 is like a platform.)

Mnemonic

The lady on the platform begins.

Radicals

女 woman
台 platform
厶 private, nose(Side view of a nose that is facing to the left.)
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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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