Info on the Kanji 始 | What's a Kanji? |
| commence, begin | |
| onyomi | SHI |
| kunyomi | haji-meru, haji-maru |
| stroke count | 8 |
| grade | 3 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 始 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 開始かいし kaishi | start / commencement / beginning / initiation |
| 見始けんし ken shi | seeing for the first time / first sight |
| 元始もとし moto shi | origin |
| 始めはじめ hajime | beginning / start / outset / opening / first / origin / such as ... / not to mention ... |
| 始業しぎょう shigyou | start of work / commencement / opening |
| 始終しじゅう shijuu | continuously / from beginning to end / from first to last |
| 始電しでん shi den | first train |
| 始動しどう shidou | starting / activation |
| 終始しゅうし shuushi | beginning and end / from beginning to end / doing a thing from beginning to end / consistently / the whole time |
| 開始日かいしび kaishibi | start date |
| 月始めつきはじめ tsukihajime | beginning of month |
| 見始めみはじめ mihajime | seeing for the first time / first sight |
| 始まりはじまり hajimari | origin / beginning |
| 始まるはじまる hajima ru | to begin |
| 始めてはじめて hajime te | for the first time / only after ... is it ... / only when ... do you ... |
| 始めにはじめに hajime ni | to begin with / first of all / in the beginning |
| 始めははじめは hajime ha | at first / in the beginning / originally |
| 始めるはじめる hajime ru | to start / to begin / to commence / to initiate / to originate / to open / to start up / to establish / to start / to begin to ... |
| 始新世ししんよ shi shin yo | eocene epoch |
| 始生代しなまだい shi nama dai | archaeozoic era |
| 始発駅しはつえき shihatsueki | starting station |
| 手始めてはじめ tehajime | outset / start / beginning |
| 出始めではじめ dehajime | first appearance |
| ご用始めごようはじめ go you hajime | re-opening of offices in new year |
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| Example Sentences with 始 |
| 税金を払ったら実生活の始まりだ。 授業は八時三十分から始まるから。 驚くことに、不思議に思うことは理解し始めるということなんだ。 「おわったの。」「それどころかまだ始めていないよ。」 |
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