初
Kanji 初: meaning "first", readings, stroke order
The kanji 初 means "first". On'yomi: ショ; kun'yomi: はじめ、はじめて、はつ、うい、そめる. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.
Readings
- Meaning
- first
- On'yomi
- ショ
- Kun'yomi
- はじめはじめてはつういそめる
- Strokes
- 7
- Level
- JLPT N4
- Official status
- Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Words with 初
- 初め はじめ — beginning, start
- 初めて はじめて — for the first time
- 最初 さいしょ — beginning, first
- 当初 とうしょ — Initially
- 当初 とうしょ — Initially / at first
- 初～ しょ～ — first ~
- 初級 しょきゅう — elementary level
- 初旬 しょじゅん — first 10 days of the month
- 初歩 しょほ — elements, rudiments
- 初めに はじめに — to begin with, first of all
- 初版 しょはん — first edition
- 初耳 はつみみ — something heard for the first time
Stroke order · 7 strokes
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