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始

commence
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingはじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
JōyōGrade 3

Popular Usage

始まる始める開始原始始終

Radicals and components

Radical女womanComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · pedestal · elbow · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 809

Compound words

始まるはじまる
to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew)
始めるはじめる
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
開始かいし
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
原始げんし
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial
始終しじゅう
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
始業しぎょう
start of work; commencement; opening
始動しどう
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation; going into action
始発しはつ
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
始末しまつ
management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
終始しゅうし
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
始めはじめ
beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.)
創始そうし
creation; founding; initiating
年始ねんし
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
後始末あとしまつ
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath; cleaning up afterwards
手始めてはじめ
outset; start; beginning
不始末ふしまつ
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement
始まりはじまり
origin; beginning; start
開始時刻かいしじこく
starting time
仕事始めしごとはじめ
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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