Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 8

始

Meaning in English

commence, begin, commencer

Readings

Onyomi: シ Kunyomi: はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まる Romaji: shi / haji.meru, -haji.meru, haji.maru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

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Translations in other languages:

Portuguese começar, iniciar, iniciador

Spanish comenzar, empezar, iniciador

Korean 시작하다, 개시하다, 개시자

French commencer, débuter, commencer

Italian cominciare, iniziare, cominciare

German beginnen, beginnen, Beginner

Indonesian memulai, mengawali, pengawali

★ Vietnamese bắt đầu, khởi đầu, người bắt đầu

Thai เริ่ม, เริ่มต้น, ผู้เริ่มต้น

Related kanji

N2 委 i / yuda.neru committee, entrust to, leave to N3 妻 sai / tsuma wife, spouse, épouse N4 姉 shi / ane, haha elder sister, soeur aînée, hermana mayor N4 妹 mai / imouto younger sister, soeur cadette, hermana menor N2 姓 sei, shou surname, nom de famille, apellido N1 妬 to, tsu / neta.mu, sone.mu, tsumo.ru, fusa.gu jealous, envy N1 姿 shi / sugata figure, form, shape N1 妨 bou / samata.geru disturb, prevent, hamper N1 妊 nin, jin / hara.mu, migomo.ru pregnancy, grossesse, enceinte (femme)

Words with this kanji

N1 始発 shihatsu first train N1 始末 shimatsu disposal; cleaning up afterwards N1 終始 shuushi from beginning to end; consistent(ly) N2 原始 genshi origin, primeval N2 始終 shijuu continuously, always, constantly N2 始めに hajimeni to begin with, first of all N3 開始 kaishi start, beginning, commencement N3 始まり hajimari origin, beginning N4 始める hajimeru to start, to begin

Sentences with this kanji

N5 新しい習慣を始めました。 Atarashii shuukan o hajimemashita. I started a new habit. N5 たぶんもう始まっているよね Tabun mou hajimatte iru yo ne It probably already started right N3 まだ始めたばかりなのにかなり上達していて驚いた Mada hajimeta bakari nanoni kanari joutatsu shite ite odoroita Even though just started recently I was surprised at the progress

Related grammar structures

N4 〜始める hajimeru Indicates the beginning of an action or process, attaches to the verb stem, means start doing