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Kanji: 始

KANJI
8 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
はじめる
はじまる
 ON 音 
STROKE ORDER
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Look up a kanji:  
JLPT Level:
JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
おんな
Meaning:
Commence, begin
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 250 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(はじ)まる
to begin
N4
(はじ)める
to begin
N3
(かいし)
start, commencement, beginning
N3
(はじ)まり
origin, beginning
N2
(げんし)
origin, primeval
N2
(しじゅう)
continuously, from beginning to end
N1
(しはつ)
first train
N1
(しまつ)
management, dealing, settlement, cleaning up afterwards
N1
(しゅうし)
beginning and end, from beginning to end, doing a thing from beginning to end
N1
(はじ)
beginning, start, origin
N5
(はじ)
beginning
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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