shǐ(shi3) // pronunciation of 始 in Mandarin Pinyin
Unihan definition: begin, start; then, only then
Number of strokes: 8
Examples of other characters consisting of 8 strokes: 的, 和, 国, 到, 所, 事, 经, 法, 学, 现
Radical: 女 38.5
HSK level: 2
Other HSK 2 characters: 准, 夫, 远, 近, 往, 快, 备, 每, 百, 步 more hsk 2 charaters »
Frequency rank: 381
General standard index number: 1329
Examples of words containing this character: 伊始, 倡始, 初始, 创始, 原始, 固始, 始建, 始末, 始发, 始祖, 始终, 始兴, 始点, 建始, 旬始, 更始, 未始, 肇始, 自始, 起始, 开始, 初始化, 创始人, 创始者, 原始林
Unicode code point: U+59CB
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