初
meaningfirst time, beginning
- On'yomi
- ショ
- Kun'yomi
- はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、-そ.める、-ぞ.め
- Strokes
- 7
- Taught in
- Japanese grade 4
- Frequency
- #152 most common in newspapers
Words it lives in
初
- 初はつfirst
- 最初さいしょbeginning
- 当初とうしょbeginning
- 初日しょにちfirst day
- 初期しょきearly days
- 初代しょだいfirst generation
- 初戦しょせんfirst match
- 初演しょえんfirst performance
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