Memory phrase for the Kanji: 始


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Meaning

start, begin

Pronunciation

SHI
hajimeru

Explanation

Left: woman , right: platform (= nose over the mouth )

Mnemonic

The lady on the platform begins.

Radicals

womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = く , 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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