始 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」
- On
- シし · shi
- Kun
- はじ(める)・はじ(まる)haji(meru) · haji(maru)
- Meaning
- to begin, start
Stroke order
Origin
女 (woman) + 台 (a phonetic marker giving the sound 'shi'). A phono-semantic character meaning the start of things.
Readings and examples
| Onシしshi | 始終しじゅう年始ねんし開始かいし |
|---|---|
| Kunはじめるhajimeru | 始めるはじめる始めはじめ Compare: 初め・初めて |
| Kunはじまるhajimaru | 始まるはじまる始まりはじまり |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 開始かいし
start, beginning
- 始発しはつ
first train/bus
- 始めるはじめる
Example
九時に じゅぎょうが 始まる。
Class begins at nine o'clock.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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