始
meaningcommence, begin
- On'yomi
- シ
- Kun'yomi
- はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
- Strokes
- 8
- Taught in
- Japanese grade 3
- Frequency
- #244 most common in newspapers
Where you have seen it
Everyday words with 始
始
- 開始かいしstart
- 原始げんしorigin
- 始業しぎょうstart of work
- 始終しじゅうcontinuously
- 始動しどうstarting (a machine, engine, etc.)
- 始発しはつfirst departure (of the day)
- 始末しまつmanagement
- 終始しゅうしbeginning and end