始发

Traditional form:

始發

Pinyin (reading):

shǐfā

Definitions:

• (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)
• to start (being issued or circulated)
• to start (happening)
• originating

Characters:

• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair

Traditional characters:

• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning
• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair