始
- Strokes:
- 8
- Grade:
- Grade 3
- JLPT:
- N3
Stroke order
Stroke data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA)
Meanings
commence; begin
On'yomi
シ
shi
Kun'yomi
はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
haji.meru、-haji.meru、haji.maru
Phono-semantic structure
Components
The parts the kanji is built from — use them as a memory anchor.
- 口mouth
- 女woman
- 厶I