Kanji 始

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Strokes: 8
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On:
shi
Kun:
はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
haji.meru, -haji.meru, haji.maru
Reading in names:
もと
moto
Meanings:
commence, begin
начало; начинать
Grade: 3
JLPT: 4
Kanji shape: idc
Kanji elements: , , ,
Antonyms: ,
Homonyms:

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Examples

始まる
はじまる
hajimaru
начинаться
begin [v.i.]
begin [v.i.]
始める
はじめる
hajimeru
начинать
begin [v.t.]
begin [v.t.]
始業式
しぎょうしき
shigyoushiki
opening ceremony (for a school)
opening ceremony (for a school)
始発
しはつ
shihatsu
first train/bus
first train/bus
年始
ねんし
nenshi
beginning of the year
beginning of the year
開始する
かいしする
kaishisuru
start
start

Reading in other languages

Korean:
Korean (latin): si
Pinyin: shi3
Vietnam: Thủy, Thí

Encoding

BIG5: A9 6C
DECIMAL: 22987
HEX: 59CB
JIS_LEVEL: 1
MINKUTEN: 1-27-47
UTF16: 59CB
UTF8: E5 A7 8B

Dictionary indexes

A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade): 225
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Ken Henshall): 304
A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall): 288
Essential Kanji (P.G. O'Neill): 545
Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"): 465
Japanese For Busy People: 2.16
Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press): 155
Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill): 1092
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky): 503
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky, 2 edition): 494
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999): 211
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2 edition, 2013): 252
Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono): 129
Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide: 439
Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013): 335
Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette): 755
Morohashi Daikanwajiten (Volume 3, page 0661): 6166
New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990): 281
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig): 747
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig, 6 edition): 809
The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley): 321
The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson): 1208
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig): 1203
Tuttle Kanji Cards: 299
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