Kanji 初
On:
ショ
sho
Kun:
はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、-そ.める、-ぞ.め
haji.me, haji.mete, hatsu, hatsu-, ui-, -so.meru, -zo.me
Reading in names:
し、はっ
shi, ha
Meanings:
first time, beginning
первый
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なれ初め
なれそめ
naresome
start of a romance
start of a romance
初々しい
ういういしい
uiuishii
невинный; чистый; свежий
innocent
innocent
初めて
はじめて
hajimete
впервые
for the first time
for the first time
初めに
はじめに
hajimeni
first of all
first of all
初対面
しょたいめん
shotaimen
first meeting
first meeting
初心者
しょしんしゃ
shoshinsha
новичок; начинающий
beginner
beginner
初恋
はつこい
hatsukoi
первая любовь
first love
first love
初日
しょにち
shonichi
первый день
first day
first day
初期
しょき
shoki
начальная стадия; первый период; начальный
early (days)
early (days)
初級
しょきゅう
shokyuu
начальный уровень
elementary level
elementary level
書き初め
かきぞめ
kakizome
New Year's writing
New Year's writing
最初
さいしょ
saisho
вначале; сначала
beginning
beginning
Reading in other languages
Korean:
초
Korean (latin):
cho
Pinyin:
chu1
Vietnam:
Sơ
Encoding
BIG5:
AA EC
DECIMAL:
21021
HEX:
521D
JIS_LEVEL:
1
MINKUTEN:
1-29-73
UTF16:
521D
UTF8:
E5 88 9D
Dictionary indexes
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade):
428
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Ken Henshall):
535
A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall):
507
Essential Kanji (P.G. O'Neill):
636
Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"):
261
Japanese For Busy People:
2.20
Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press):
353
Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill):
427
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky):
692
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky, 2 edition):
679
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999):
759
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2 edition, 2013):
1031
Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono):
440
Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide:
181
Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013):
1433
Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette):
411
Morohashi Daikanwajiten (Volume 2, page 0226):
1911
New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990):
1116
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig):
404
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig, 6 edition):
431
The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley):
279
The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson):
4215
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig):
469
Tuttle Kanji Cards:
483
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Statistics
Total kanji: 13136
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