初
commonfirst time; beginning
Radical: 刂 (knife). Strokes: 7画. Elements: 衤刀. . Hangul: 초 [cho]. Nanori: し / はっshi / ha'.
Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ショSHO | 初潮【しょちょうshochō】first menstruation 初春【しょしゅんshoshun】beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar 初見【しょけんshoken】seeing for the first time; first sight |
| はじめhajime | 月初め【つきはじめtsukihajime】beginning of month 初め【はじめhajime】beginning; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ... 初めに【はじめにhajimeni】to begin with (used as an introduction); first of all; in the beginning |
| はじめてhajimete | 初めて【はじめてhajimete】for the first time; only after ... is it ... 生まれて初めて【うまれてはじめてumaretehajimete】for the first time in one's life 病んで後初めて健康の価値を知る【やんでのちはじめてけんこうのかちをしるyandenochihajimetekenkōnokachiwoshiru】You don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it |
| はつhatsu | 初節供【はつぜっくhatsuzekku】baby's first annual festival 初物【はつものhatsumono】first of the season (e.g. produce, catch) 初音【はつねhatsune】first warbling heard in a New Year |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 521d | – | Unicode |
| 29-73 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-5-2 | – | SKIP |
| 5e2.1 | – | TKD |
| 3722.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 645 | – | De Roo |
| 4215 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 469 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 1116 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 759 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 404 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 261 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 427 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 636 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1911 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 226 |
| 507 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 679 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 428 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 353 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 535 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 483 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 279 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 440 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.20 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 181 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 411 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |