もと
シ, はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まる
commence, begin

This kanji has 8 strokes: 3 in the "woman" radical (おんな) and 5 other strokes.

Sample compounds (18) :

  1. まる
    はじまる
    to begin
  2. めは
    はじめは
    at first, in the beginning
  3. める
    はじめる
    (vt) to start, to begin
  4. めから
    はじめから
    from the beginning
  5. まらない
    はじまらない
    (id) It's no use

  6. こうし
    renewal, reform
  7. める
    ではじめる
    to begin to appear, to begin to come in

  8. ねんし
    New Year's call, beginning of the year, New Year's greetings
  9. める
    しはじめる
    to begin, to start

  10. そうし
    creation, founding, initiating
  11. める
    ふきはじめる
    to begin to blow

  12. てはじめ
    outset

  13. しはつ
    first train
  14. める
    しりはじめる
    to begin to know

  15. しゅうし
    (vs) beginning and end, from beginning to end, doing a thing from beginning to end

  16. しじゅう
    continuously, from beginning to end

  17. かいし
    (vs) start, commencement, beginning
  18. める
    ふりはじめる
    to begin to fall
Kanji Character : 始
Kuten Encoding : 2747
SJIS Encoding : 3b4f
Unicode Encoding : 59cb
Old Nelson Index : 1208
Radical Number : 38
Frequency Ranking : 437
Gakken Index : 465
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 281
Heisig Index : 747
Henshall Index : 288
New Nelson Index : 1203
O'Neil Index : 1092
Stroke Count : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3e5.9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : e
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 494
SKIP Code : 1-3-5
De Roo Code : 1777
Four Corner Code : 4346.0
Korean reading : si
Pinyin reading : shi3
Morohashi Index String : 6166
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 3.0661
Morohashi Index Number : 6166
Morohashi Page : 661
Morohashi Volume : 3
Cross Index Codes
  1. J13037
  2. J1326B
Dictionary Codes
  1. R1777
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