Kanji1 / 7
初 kanji
first time, beginning
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
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Kun readings
はじめはじめてはつはつ-うい--そめる-ぞめ
Words with 初
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4最初Popularbeginning; outset; first; onset
- N2初級Popularelementary level; beginner level
- N2初旬Popularfirst 10 days of the month
- N1初版Popularfirst edition
- —初演Popularfirst performance; premiere
- —初夏Popularearly summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
- —初回Popularfirst time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
- —初期Popularearly days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
- —初出Popularfirst appearance
- —初心Popularone's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness
- —初代Popularfirst generation; founder
- —初頭Popularbeginning (of a century, etc.)
- —初日Popularfirst day; opening day
- —初歩Popularbasics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
- —初老Popularpast middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
- —当初Popularbeginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially; originally
- —年初Popularbeginning of the year
- —初年Popularfirst year; early years (of a reign or era)
- —初戦Popularfirst match (in a series)
- —初球Popularpitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)