Memory phrase for the Kanji: 初

初

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Meaning first, new, beginning

Pronunciation

SHO
hatsu, hajime

Explanation

Left: clothes 衣, right: sword 刀

Mnemonic
 
He wears these clothes and a sword for the first time.

Radicals

刀 swordAs radical often simplified to:刂
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 Vocabulary

初 はつ  first...
初め はじめ  start, beginning
初めて はじめて  for the first time
最初 さいしょ  beginning, outset, first, onset
初心者 しょしんしゃ  beginner
初めに はじめに  to begin with
初旬 しょじゅん  first 10 days of the month
初歩 しょほ  elements, rudiments, the first steps in ...
初版 しょはん  first edition

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