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The kanji 始: meaning, readings and stroke order
始
- Meaning
- begin, start
- On reading
- シ shi
- Kun reading
- はじ（める） hajimeru、はじ（まる） hajimaru
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 woman, female
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bắt đầu (thủy)
- Japanese
- はじめる。はじまる。
- Korean
- 시작하다 (시)
- Chinese
- 开始
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading
始発
the first train of the day
始発の 電車に 乗ります。
I take the first train of the day.
はじ（める） hajimeru · kun reading
始める
to start (doing)
今日から 毎朝 走り始めます。
From today, I start running every morning.
はじ（まる） hajimaru · kun reading
始まる
to begin
九時に 会が 始まります。
The meeting begins at nine.
Practise writing 始 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 始 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 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.