开始

Traditional form:

開始

Pinyin (reading):

kāishǐ

Definitions:

• to begin
• beginning
• to start
• initial
• CL:個／个 (gè)

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning