TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
始
ㄕˇ · shǐ
verb/noun — to begin; the start
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFTyí → shǐ — the scattered 台 family: 胎 tāi、颱 tái、治 zhì
A woman (女) with 台 for sound — 說文 calls it the first of woman: where a life starts. The same 台 sounds tāi in 胎, the womb. From the first moment: 開始、始終、原始.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
產房裡第一聲啼哭——一切從這裡開始。
The first cry in the birth-room — everything starts here.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)初始（女之初）— the very first
→開始— to begin常用
→始終、原始— start to finish; primal
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension