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common

シ/SHI/    はじ.める/haji.meru/    -はじ.める/-haji.meru/    はじ.まる/haji.maru/SHI/シ/    haji.meru/はじ.める/    -haji.meru/-はじ.める/    haji.maru/はじ.まる/

commence;  begin

Radical: 女 (woman).   Strokes: 8画.   Elements: 口女厶.   Variants: 乨.   Pinyin: shǐ.   Hangul: 시 [si].   Nanori: もとmoto.

Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade.   JLPT N4.

Example compounds:
シSHI原始人【げんしじんgenshijin】primitive man
終始一貫【しゅうしいっかんshūshiikkan】consistency; unchanging from beginning to end
始末書【しまつしょshimatsusho】written explanation or apology
はじめるhajimeru始める【はじめるhajimeru】to start; to open (e.g. a store); to start (doing something)
降り始める【ふりはじめるfurihajimeru】to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
為始める【しはじめるshihajimeru】to begin; to start
はじまるhajimaru始まる【はじまるhajimaru】to begin
千里の行も足下に始まる【せんりのこうもそっかにはじまるsenrinokōmosokkanihajimaru】a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Codepoints and classification codes:
59cb–Unicode
27-47–JIS X 0208
1-3-5–SKIP
3e5.9–TKD
4346.0–Four Corner
1777–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1208–Classic Nelson
1203–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
281–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
211–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
747–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
465–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1092–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
545–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
6166–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 3 p. 661
288–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
494–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
225–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
155–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
304–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
299–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
321–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
129–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.16–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
439–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
755–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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