始	1409C10   93A.40-4	部居	畫數  8	ㄕˇ [shi3] .
N	(1)  A beginning: 事有始終 there is a sequence of beginning and end; 始終，始末 [shi3zhong1], [shi3mo4]↓; 有始有終，全始全終 steadfast (finish what was started); 原始 the beginning, early days; 原始時代 primitive, primeval times; 原始動物 prehistoric animals; 開始 to start (work, fashion, etc.). (2)  A surname.
V	始自 date from (era, person).
Adv	(1)  First: 始而哭，繼而喊 first began to weep, then to scream. (2)  Just, only then (＝modn. 才): 始可出去 only then one may leave (room, school); 始能恢復原狀 (only after…) then it can be restored to original shape; 方始 only then; 未始 (＝未嘗) never; 未始有錯 there was never a mistake; used in double negative: 未始不是好事 one cannot say it was not a good thing.
Words	1.始期 [shi3qi2], n., (1)  beginning period; (2)  (law) effective date.  2.始春 [shi3chun1], n., beginning of spring in lunar calendar (＝立春) about Feb. 5-18.  3.始膏 [shi3gao1], n., (Chin. med.) second month of embryo, see [shi3pei1], [shi3tai1]↓.  4.紿基 [shi3ji1], n., foundation, beginning.  5.始終 [shi3zhong1], (1)  n., beginning to end, beginning and end; (2)  adv., from the beginning to end: 始終不承認 never admitted; adv., 始終沒來 never came.  6.始末 [shi3mo4], n., beginning and end (of story).  7.始胚 [shi3pei1], n., (Chin. med.) first month of embryo, see [shi3gao1]↑, [shi3tai1]↓.  8.始生代 [shi3sheng1dai4], n., (geol.) Eozoic era; 始生界 Eozoic group.  9.始新世 [shi3xin1shi4], n., (geol.) Eocene period, 始新統 Eocene series.  10.始胎 [shi3tai1], n., (Chin.med.) third month of embryo, see [shi3pei1]↑.  11.始祖 [shi3zu3], n., first ancestor.  12.始業式 [shi3ye4shi4], n., ceremony for opening of school year.  13.始願 [shi3yUan4], n., original wish.