Kanji

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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

する(かいしする)   start

(ねんし)   beginning of the year

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

発(しはつ)   first train/bus

まる(はじまる)   begin [v.i.]

める(はじめる)   begin [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

シハツ first departure (of the day), first train, first bus, departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

シギョウ start of work, commencement, opening

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

ソウシ creation, founding, initiating

Kunyomi Examples

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 ...

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