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始 · commence, begin

始 is a kanji meaning commence, begin. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

Practise the N4 kanji

In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 始
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
始まるはじまる	はじまる	(something) begins	N5
初め; 始めはじめ	はじめ	beginning, start	N5
始めるはじめる	はじめる	to start, to begin	N4
開始かいし	かいし	start, commencement, beginning	N3
始まりはじまり	はじまり	origin, beginning	N3
原始げんし	げんし	origin, primeval	N2

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More words that use 始
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
始終しじゅう	しじゅう	continuously, always, constantly	N2
始めにはじめに	はじめに	to begin with, first of all	N2
始発しはつ	しはつ	first train	N1
始末しまつ	しまつ	disposal; cleaning up afterwards	N1
終始しゅうし	しゅうし	from beginning to end; consistent(ly)	N1

また始まった。

またはじまった

There you go again.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #195437 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

8 strokes