Memory phrase for the Kanji: 始


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Meaning start, begin

Pronunciation

SHI
hajimeru

Explanation

Left: woman 女, right: platform 台 (= nose ム over the mouth 口)

Mnemonic


 
The lady on the platform begins.

Radicals

womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja.
platform
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 Vocabulary

始める はじめる  to start, to begin
始まる はじまる  to begin
始めに はじめに  at the beginning, first
終始 しゅうし  from beginning to end, consistent(ly)
原始 げんし  origin, primeval
始まり はじまり  origin, beginning
始末 しまつ  dealing, settlement, management
始発 しはつ  first train
始終 しじゅう  continuously, from beginning to end

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