begin, start; then, only then
The corpus record — Literary Chinese
始
shǐ
begin, start; then, only then
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Distribution
- Zhuangzi, Inner Chapters 42 · 30.48/10k
- Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 40 · 22.74/10k
- Mencius 17 · 4.79/10k
- Analects (Lunyu) 7 · 4.37/10k
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Attestations
- 始 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 一章
- 始 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 一章
- 始 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 一章
- 始 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 一章
- 始 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 一章
- 始 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 一章
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