漢字道KANJIDO

8 strokesRadical

8Elementary year 38 strokesRadical
On
Kun
はじ(める)・はじ(まる)
Meaning
to begin, start

Origin

ORIGIN

女 (woman) + 台 (a phonetic marker giving the sound 'shi'). A phono-semantic character meaning the start of things.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

始終・年始・開始
はじめる始める・始め

Compare: 初め・初めて

はじまる始まる・始まり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 開始かいし

    start, beginning

  • 始発しはつ

    first train/bus

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

九時に じゅぎょうが 始まる。

Class begins at nine o'clock.

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