Kanji1 / 8
始 kanji
commence, begin
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
はじめる-はじめるはじまる
Variant forms
乨兘Words with 始
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —始点point of departure; initial point; starting point
- —始電first train
- —起始start; beginning
- —始域domain (of a function)
- —元始祭Festival of Origins (January 3)
- —原始人primitive man
- —原始的primitive; original
- —原始林primeval forest; virgin forest
- —始祖鳥Archaeopteryx; extinct genus of early birds
- —創始者originator; founder
- —年始状New Year's card
- —末始終forever; for life
- —始業式opening ceremony (of the school term)
- —始末屋thrifty person
- —始末書written explanation; written apology
- —始球式ceremonial first pitch
- —始発駅starting station
- —始生代Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
- —開始日start date
- —原始星protostar