始
commoncommence; begin
Radical: 女 (woman). Strokes: 8画. Elements: 口女厶. Variants: 乨. . 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:
Dictionary indices:
| 59cb | – | Unicode |
| 27-47 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-5 | – | SKIP |
| 3e5.9 | – | TKD |
| 4346.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 1777 | – | De Roo |
| 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 |