始
meaningcommence, begin
- On'yomi
- シ
- Kun'yomi
- はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
- Strokes
- 8
- Taught in
- Japanese grade 3
- Frequency
- #244 most common in newspapers
Words it lives in
始
- 開始かいしstart
- 始まりはじまりorigin
- 終始しゅうしbeginning and end
- 年始ねんしbeginning of the year
- 始末しまつmanagement
- 始めはじめbeginning
- 始めるはじめるto start
- 原始げんしorigin
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