8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N4
commence, begin
Kun'yomi
は じ め る to start ②to start up (a business, society, etc.) ③to start ... -はじ める は じ ま る to begin ②to happen (again) ③to date (from)
On'yomi
シ
Nanori
もと
Main Radical
女(KanXi)
Reading Commonality
| はじめる-はじめるはじまる | 72.3% |
| シ | 27.7% |
Character Breakdown
References
| Unicode hex code | 59CB |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-27-47 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 1208 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1203 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 281 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 335 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 211 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 252 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 747 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 809 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 465 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 1092 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 545 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 6166 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 288 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 494 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 503 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 225 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 155 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 304 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 299 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 321 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 129 |
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.16 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 439 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 755 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3e5.9 |
| Four corner code | 4346.0 |
| De Roo Code | 1777 |