自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自始至终
zìshǐzhìzhōng
from beginning to end; throughout
Characters in this word
始 shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
至 zhì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 至 — reach, arrive
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
终 zhōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他自始至终都没说过一句话。 Tā zìshǐzhìzhōng dōu méi shuōguo yī jù huà. He did not say a single word from beginning to end.
- 这场比赛，我们的队员自始至终都很专注。 Zhè chǎng bǐsài, wǒmen de duìyuán zìshǐzhìzhōng dōu hěn zhuānzhù. Throughout this entire match, our team members stayed focused.
- 她自始至终站在我身边，是我最好的朋友。 Tā zìshǐzhìzhōng zhàn zài wǒ shēnbiān, shì wǒ zuì hǎo de péngyou. She stood by my side from beginning to end; she is my best friend.