ショ, はじ.め, はじ.めて, はつ, はつ-, うい-, -そ.める, -ぞ.め, はっ
first time, beginning

This kanji has 7 strokes: 6 in the "clothing" radical (ころも) and a single other stroke.

Sample compounds (34) :

  1. めて
    はじめて
    for the first time
  2. める
    そめる
    (aux-v) to begin to

  3. しょか
    early summer

  4. しょしゅつ
    first appearance

  5. でぞめ
    (vs) debut

  6. しそめ
    outset, beginning

  7. ねんしょ
    beginning of the year, New Year's greetings

  8. しょや
    first night, first watch of the night, bridal night
  9. める
    こいそめる
    to begin to love

  10. しょだい
    first generation, founder

  11. かりそめ
    (io) temporariness, transience, trifle, negligence

  12. かりそめ
    temporariness, transience, trifle, negligence

  13. しょかい
    first time

  14. しょとう
    early winter, 10th lunar month

  15. しょこん
    first marriage

  16. しょしん
    first trial

  17. しょて
    beginning, start
  18. めに
    てはじめに
    at first, at the outset, beginning

  19. しょにち
    first or opening day

  20. はつはる
    New Year, early spring

  21. さいしょ
    (a-no) beginning, outset, first, onset

  22. つきはじめ
    beginning of month

  23. しょほ
    (a-no) elements, rudiments, ABC's of..

  24. しょだん
    lowest grade, first grade

  25. はつがま
    first tea ceremony of New Year

  26. しょはん
    first offense, first offender

  27. しょさん
    (an) first childbirth, primipara

  28. しょとう
    elementary, primary

  29. しょろう
    middle-aged, aging, age 40

  30. かきぞめ
    New Year's writing (resolution)
  31. しい
    ういういしい
    innocent, artless, unsophisticated
  32. しい
    ういういしい
    innocent, artless, unsophisticated

  33. はつもうで
    first temple visit of New Year

  34. なれそめ
    start of a romance, beginning of love
Kanji Character : 初
Kuten Encoding : 2973
SJIS Encoding : 3d69
Unicode Encoding : 521d
Old Nelson Index : 4215
Radical Number : 145
Classical Radical Number : 18
Frequency Ranking : 275
Gakken Index : 261
Grade Level : 4
Halpern Index : 1116
Heisig Index : 404
Henshall Index : 507
New Nelson Index : 469
O'Neil Index : 427
Stroke Count : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 5e2.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : e
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 679
SKIP Code : 1-5-2
De Roo Code : 645
Four Corner Code : 3722.0
Korean reading : cho
Pinyin reading : chu1
Morohashi Index String : 1911
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0226
Morohashi Index Number : 1911
Morohashi Page : 226
Morohashi Volume : 2
Cross Index Codes
  1. O433
Dictionary Codes
  1. R645
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