始终

Character by character

• 始shǐ8 strokesHSK 2begin, start; then, only then
• 终zhōng8 strokesHSK 3 traditional 終end; finally, in the end

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 始终. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 开始kāi shǐHSK 3

  to begin; beginning; to start; initial

• 终于zhōng yúHSK 3

  at last; in the end; finally; eventually

• 最终zuì zhōngHSK 6

  final; ultimate

• 原始yuán shǐHSK 5

  first; original; primitive; original (document etc)

• 终身zhōng shēnHSK 5

  lifelong; all one's life; marriage

• 终止zhōng zhǐHSK 5

  to stop; to terminate

• 终点zhōng diǎnHSK 5

  the end; end point; finishing line (in a race); destination; terminus

• 终结zhōng jiéHSK 7

  end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)

• 终究zhōng jiūHSK 7

  in the end; after all is said and done

• 终生zhōng shēngHSK 7

  throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong

• 创始人chuàng shǐ rénHSK 7

  creator; founder; initiator

• 年终nián zhōngHSK 7

  end of the year

• 自始至终zì shǐ zhì zhōngHSK 7

  from start to finish (idiom)

• 终年zhōng nián

  entire year; throughout the year; age at death