Kanji 初
7 strokes
Meaning
first time, beginning
- On'yomi
- ショ
- Kun'yomi
- はじめはじめてはつはつ-うい--そめる-ぞめ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刀 knife (18)
- JLPT
- N3
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Kanken
- 7級
- Frequency
- #152 / 2500
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Example sentences
初めてではない。
It's not the first time.
最初の信号を右に。
Turn right at the first traffic light.
初めに、言葉があった。
In the beginning was the Word.
Other kanji with radical “knife” 刀
- 分part
- 前in front
- 制system
- 判judgement
- 利profit
- 別separate
- 割proportion
- 切cut
- 副vice-
- 券ticket
- 劇drama
- 創genesis
- 則rule
- 削plane
- 刊publish
- 刑punish
- 刻engrave
- 列file
- 刺thorn
- 到arrival
- 剤dose
- 剣sabre
- 刷printing
- 剰surplus
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