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The kanji 初: meaning, readings and stroke order

初

Meaning
first, beginning
On reading
ショ sho
Kun reading
はじ(め) hajime、はじ(めて) hajimete、はつ hatsu、うい ui、そ(める) someru
Strokes
7
Radical
刀 knife, sword
Level
Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Stroke order of 初, 7 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
đầu tiên, lần đầu (sơ)
Japanese
はじめ。はじめて。
Korean
처음 (초)
Chinese
最初、第一次

Readings, words and example sentences

ショ sho · on reading

はじ(め) hajime · kun reading

はじ(めて) hajimete · kun reading

はつ hatsu · kun reading

うい ui · kun reading · less common

そ(める) someru · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 初 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 初 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.