始 — kanji meaning “commence”
始
commence, begin
- Meanings
- commence, begin
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
- Name readings
- もと
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #244 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- shǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 始
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開始 | かいし kaishi | start; commencement; beginning |
| 始め | はじめ hajime | beginning; start; outset |
| 始まり | はじまり hajimari | origin; beginning; start |
| 始める | はじめる hajimeru | to start; to begin; to commence |
| 始まる | はじまる hajimaru | to begin; to start; to commence |
| 終始 | しゅうし shuushi | beginning and end |
| 始末 | しまつ shimatsu | management; dealing with; settlement |
| 原始 | げんし genshi | origin; beginning; genesis |
| 始動 | しどう shidou | starting (a machine, engine, etc.) |
| 始発 | しはつ shihatsu | first departure (of the day); first train; first bus |
| 年始 | ねんし nenshi | beginning of the year; new year |
| 後始末 | あとしまつ atoshimatsu | settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs) |
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