Chinese character 始 shǐ — to begin
Stroke order of 始
Written in 8 strokes. The grey stroke under the arrow is the one you write now: the dot shows where to start, the arrow — which way to go.
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What 始 is made of
Tip: 女 hints at the meaning and 台 at the pronunciation.
Words with 始
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