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始
JLPT N4 Kanji

始 — commence, begin

  • JLPT N4
  • 8 strokes
  • Grade 3
  • Radical 女
  • #244 most frequent

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Readings

On'yomi
シ
Kun'yomi
はじ.める-はじ.めるはじ.まる

Example words

  • 開始かいしstart; commencement; beginning; initiation
  • 始まりはじまりorigin; beginning
  • 終始しゅうし(1) beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end (2) consistently; the whole time
  • 始末しまつ(1) management; dealing; settlement (2) cleaning up; getting rid of (3) end result (usu. bad)
  • 始めるはじめる(1) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate (2) to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.) (3) to start (doing something); to begin to ...
  • 原始げんしorigin; primeval
  • 始発しはつ(1) first departure (of a train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus (2) departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
  • 始まるはじまるto begin