初

初 — first time, beginning

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 7
Taught in: School year 4
Frequency: #152 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: しょ sho
Kun'yomi: はじ.め haji.me

はじ.めて haji.mete

はつ hatsu

はつ- hatsu-

うい- ui-

-そ.める -so.meru

-ぞ.め -zo.me

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 初

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