开始
HSK 2 · Elementary
开始 Stroke Order: How to Write 开始
- Pinyin
- kāi shǐ
- Meaning
- to begin; beginning; to start
- Total strokes
- 12
More meanings
to begin; beginning; to start; initial
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
4 strokes开 — 4 strokes
Radical: 廾 gǒng (two hands)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 3.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
始 — 8 strokes
Radical: 女 nǚ (woman, girl)
Strokes in order
- 1.竖折shù zhé · Vertical turning stroke
- 2.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.撇折piě zhé · Left-falling turning stroke
- 5.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 6.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 7.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 8.横héng · Horizontal stroke