始
begin; commence
8 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 244.
Readings
- はじめる (kun reading): 始める (はじめる) to start; 手始め (てはじめ) outset
- シ (on reading): 開始 (かいし) start; 始動 (しどう) starting (a machine, engine, etc.)
- はじまる (kun reading): 始まる (はじまる) to begin; 始まり (はじまり) origin
Components
Words using 始
- 始める (はじめる) to start
- 手始め (てはじめ) outset
- 仕事始め (しごとはじめ) resuming work after the New Year's vacation
- 歌会始 (うたかいはじめ) Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading
- 講書始 (こうしょはじめ) Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)
- 開始 (かいし) start
- 始動 (しどう) starting (a machine, engine, etc.)
- 年末年始 (ねんまつねんし) year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
- 年始 (ねんし) beginning of the year
- 始発 (しはつ) first departure (of the day)
- 始まる (はじまる) to begin
- 始まり (はじまり) origin
- 始まらない (はじまらない) It's no use
- 嘘つきは泥棒の始まり (うそつきはどろぼうのはじまり) show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- 千里の行も足下に始まる (せんりのこうもそっかにはじまる) a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- 始馭天下之天皇 (はつくにしらすすめらみこと) first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)
157 words in all.