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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: commence, begin

Kunyomi: はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まる

Onyomi: シ

Composition: 女 台

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Radical

Radical: 女

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Reading: おんなへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

開始する(かいしする)   start

年始(ねんし)   beginning of the year

始業式(しぎょうしき)   opening ceremony (for a school)

始発(しはつ)   first train/bus

始まる(はじまる)   begin [v.i.]

始める(はじめる)   begin [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

始発 (シハツ) first departure (of the day), first train, first bus, departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)

始業 (シギョウ) start of work, commencement, opening

年始 (ネンシ) beginning of the year, new year, New Year's call, New Year's greetings

創始 (ソウシ) creation, founding, initiating

Kunyomi Examples

始める (はじめる) to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate, to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a store), to establish, to start ..., to begin to ...

始まる (はじまる) to begin, to start, to commence, to happen (again), to begin (anew), to date (from), to originate (in)

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