JLPT N46画 · 6 strokesradical 始
begin, start
On'yomi (音読み)
- シ
- ジ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- はじ.まる
- はじ.める
Meanings across languages
- English
- begin, start
- Tiếng Việt
- bắt đầu, khởi đầu
- 日本語
- 始まり, 開始
Common compounds
- 開始かいしstart, beginning
- 始まるはじまるto begin, to start
- 始めるはじめるto begin, to start (something)
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