Stroke 1 of 8: sweep left, dot

Stroke by stroke

No. 298

始 commence

Strokes
8
Radical
女 woman
School grade
Grade 3
JLPT (est.)
N4

Readings

On'yomi
シ shi
Kun'yomi
はじ(める) haji(meru)-はじ(める) -haji(meru)はじ(まる) haji(maru)

Example words

  • 始めるはじめるto begin
  • 始めはじめbeginning
  • 始発しはつfirst train