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始 means 'begin'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 303   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Challenge set: 6    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 11    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 38 words   Used in 147 words   Used in 105 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シ
Kun
   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence
Additional readings
Name    もと
Components
⿰  女 woman; female  台 pedestal; platform  
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初 first  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 始 is used 12 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 始 is used 143 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
シ : 86 words FIND ALL
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
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はじめる : 56 words FIND ALL
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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TEST
はじめる (read as ぱじ) : 1 word FIND ALL
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Additional data
Henshall: 304 (originally: 288)  Joy o' Kanji : 288  Key to Kanji: 410 

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始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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