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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 詞
開始 word · TOCFL 1
開始 =
ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ · kāishǐ
verb — to begin, to start; noun — beginning, start

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to open (開始的開)kāi
to begin (開始的始)shǐ女 nǚ + 台 tái (sound) — 說文: the starting point of all growth
開始,開始的開,開始的始。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

門拉),第一步踏出去()——從這裡
The door pulled open (開), the first step out (始, woman 女 at the start 台) — it begins here.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
終止zhōngzhǐto end, cease — the opposite起點qǐdiǎnstarting point — same moment, noun form