KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 初

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ショ, -ぞ.め, -そ.める, うい-, はつ-, はつ, はじ.めて, はじ.め, はっ
first time, beginning
This kanji has 7 strokes: 6 strokes in the "clothing" radical (ころも) and 1 other stroke
Sample Compounds (192):
1.

しょき

(comp) early (days), initial stage, (computer) initial
2.

はつぶたい

debut, initial stage appearance
3.

はつゆき

first snow (of season)
4.

しょしゅつ

first appearance
5.

しょせん

first match (in a series)
6.

しょとう

beginning (of a century, etc.)
7.

はじめ

beginning, start, origin
8.
めて
はじめて

for the first time
9.

しょほ

elements, rudiments, ABCs of ...
10.

しょにち

first or opening day
11.

しょじゅん

first 10 days of the month
12.

とうしょ

at first
13.

つきはじめ

beginning of month
14.
める
そめる

to begin to
15.

はつばしょ

New Year''s (January) sumo tournament, held in Tokyo
16.

しょにんきゅう

initial salary
17.

しょたいめん

first meeting, first interview with
18.

ねんしょ

beginning of the year, New Year''s greetings
19.

しょえん

first performance
20.

はつゆめ

year''s first dream
21.

しょねん

first year, early years (of a reign or era)
22.

しょきゅう

pitcher''s first pitch (to batter)
23.

しょだい

first generation, founder
24.

さいしょ

beginning, outset, first, onset
25.

しょきゅう

elementary level
26.

しょか

early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
27.

しょしん

original intention, initial resolution
28.

しょしんしゃ

beginner
29.

はつちょうせん

first challenge, first try
30.

はつうり

first business conducted by retailers in the new year
31.

はつこい

first love, puppy love
32.

ういじん

first campaign, one''s first battle
33.

しょろう

middle-aged, aging, ageing, age 40
34.

しょはん

first edition
35.

はつもうで

first shrine visit of New Year
36.

しょかい

first time
37.

かきぞめ

New Year''s writing (resolution)
38.

はつ

first, new
39.

はつがま

first tea ceremony of New Year
40.

しょせいじ

newborn baby
41.

かきぞめ

New Year''s writing (resolution)
42.
々しい
ういういしい

innocent, artless, unsophisticated
43.

しょて

beginning, start
44.

はつひこう

maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)
45.

おくいぞめ

weaning ceremony
46.

しょこう

first watch of the night (approx. 7 pm to 9 pm)
47.

しょとう

elementary, primary
48.
わせ
はつかおあわせ

first meeting, first contest between
49.

はつぜっく

baby''s first annual festival
50.

くいぞめ

weaning ceremony
51.

しょっきり

comic sumo performance
52.

しょしゅう

early autumn (fall), seventh month of the lunar calendar
53.

はつごおり

first ice of winter
54.

しそめ

outset, beginning
55.

しょこう

first (proofs)
56.

しょとうか

elementary course
57.

はつぜっく

baby''s first annual festival
58.

せかいはつ

world-first
59.

しょっぱな

the very beginning
60.

はつあき

early autumn (fall)
61.
める
しそめる

to begin to do
62.

はつこうかい

maiden voyage
63.

しょとうきょういく

elementary education
64.

しょきのけっかく

incipient tuberculosis, initial-stage tuberculosis
65.
まれてめて
うまれてはじめて

for the first time in one''s life
66.

はつに

for the first time
67.

はつもの

first produce of the season
68.

いっとうさいしょ

first off, first thing
69.

しょごう

first number issue of a magazine
70.

しょとうすうがく

elementary mathematics
71.

しょきか

initialization, initialisation
72.

たいしょ

beginning of the world
73.

はつのせいこう

the first success
74.

はつしゅつじょう

debut
75.

しょへん

volume one, first volume
76.

かりそめ

temporary, transient, trifling, slight, negligent
77.

しょこん

first marriage
78.

しょきしょうじょう

initial symptom
79.

しょそ

the first generation of a family, school (of thought) or religious sect
80.

ひきぞめ

initial playing of an instrument in the New Year
81.

しょしゅん

beginning of spring, first month of the lunar calendar, New Year
82.

しょへん

volume one, first volume
83.
にも
かりそめにも

for a moment, even as a joke, even in the slightest degree
84.

しょさつ

first print (run)
85.

しょどうそうさ

initial investigation (by police)
86.

しょきせってい

initialization, initialisation
87.

はつしも

first frost of the year
88.

きぞめ

first wearing (of new clothes)
89.

はつはる

beginning of spring, first month of the lunar calendar, New Year
90.

かりそめ

temporary, transient, trifling, slight, negligent
91.

ういざん

first childbirth, primipara
92.

しょきせんたくこうもく

initial choice
93.

しょそく

(physics) initial velocity
94.

わたりぞめ

bridge-opening ceremony, first crossing of a bridge
95.
めに
はじめに

to begin with, first of all, in the beginning
96.

しょほてき

elementary, basic, rudimentary
97.
めにも
かりそめにも

for a moment, even as a joke, even in the slightest degree
98.

しょさん

first childbirth, primipara
99.

はつひ

New Year''s Day sunrise
100.

しょきだんかい

initial stage
101.

ういまご

first grandchild
102.
めは
はじめは

at first, in the beginning, originally
103.
しい
ういういしい

innocent, artless, unsophisticated
104.

はつお

first ears of rice or crops or harvest of the season, offering (to the gods)
105.

ぎょうかいはつ

the industry''s first ...
106.

しょざん

first childbirth, primipara
107.

はつひので

first sunrise (of New Year)
108.

しょきち

initial value, initializing value, IV
109.

はつまご

first grandchild
110.

なれそめ

start of a romance, beginning of love
111.
めまして
はじめまして

How do you do?, I am glad to meet you
112.

はつのり

first ride
113.

はつほ

first ears of rice or crops or harvest of the season, offering (to the gods)
114.

はつざん

first childbirth, primipara
115.

しょにちをだす

to achieve the first win in the sumo tournament
116.

しょきとうし

initial investment
117.

しょたいけん

first experience (of any activity), first sexual experience
118.

にっぽんはつ

first (of its kind) in Japan
119.

はつのりりょうきん

base fare for a bus or train or taxi
120.

はつぼん

first obon following the death of a family member
121.
める
みそめる

to see for the first time, to fall in love at first sight
122.

しょさんぷ

primipara
123.

しょにゅう

colostrum, foremilk, first milk a mother breastfeeds with
124.
コスト
しょきとうしコスト

initial investment cost
125.

はつたいけん

first experience (of any activity), first sexual experience
126.

にほんはつ

first (of its kind) in Japan
127.

しょいちねん

original intention
128.

はつみ

first Serpent day of the year
129.

げんしょ

origin(al), source, first
130.
姿
はつすがた

first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year
131.

はつみやまいり

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)
132.

しょしん

first trial
133.

おくいぞめ

weaning ceremony
134.

ういご

first child
135.

ねんどはじめ

beginning of the (fiscal) year
136.

はつね

first warbling heard in a New Year
137.

うぶ

innocent, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears
138.

しょや

first night, first watch of the night, bridal night
139.

はつご

first child
140.

しょねんど

first year, initial (year)
141.

はつたんじょう

first birthday
142.

かいぞめ

first purchase of the year
143.

はつやく

first role
144.

さいしょのさら

first course
145.

はつね

first day of the rat of the new year, first day of the rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)
146.

しょねんへい

new or raw recruit
147.

はつそら

sky on New Year''s morning
148.

しょだん

lowest grade, first grade
149.

はしぞめ

weaning ceremony
150.

はつなつ

early summer
151.

はつゆうしょう

first championship win (esp. sumo)
152.
める
さきそめる

to begin to blossom
153.

しょし

original intention
154.

はつがい

going shopping on January 2nd
155.

はつぞら

sky on New Year''s morning
156.

あるきはじめ

starting to walk
157.

はつはな

first flower of the season or year, first flowering on a plant, first menstruation
158.

しょしん

initial medical examination
159.

しょよう

beginning of an epoch, initial period
160.
めに
てはじめに

at first, at the outset, beginning
161.

しょしかんてつ

carrying out one''s original intention
162.

しょけい

first menstruation
163.

しょちょう

first menstruation
164.

ほんしょ

beginning, origin, start
165.

はつに

first cargo of the year
166.

しょしんりょう

fee for an initial medical examination
167.

でぞめ

debut
168.

はつしぐれ

the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter
169.

しょはつ

start, first departure
170.

はつもうで

first shrine visit of New Year
171.

はつどひょう

first tournament for a sumo wrestler
172.

ほんしょしごせん

prime meridian
173.

はつかいごう

first meeting
174.

でぞめしき

New Year firefighters'' event
175.

はつみみ

something heard for the first time
176.

しょとう

early winter, tenth month of the lunar calendar
177.
める
あけそめる

to dawn
178.

しょせい

firstborn, first-produced, newborn
179.

うぶ

innocent, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears
180.

しょなぬか

(Buddh) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person''s death
181.

しょはん

first offender
182.

しょけん

seeing for the first time, first sight
183.
稿
はつとうこう

first (written) contribution
184.

めいしょ

first year of Meiji era
185.

しょがくしゃ

beginner, beginning student
186.

はつなり

first fruits
187.

かきぞめ

New Year''s writing (resolution)
188.

しょなのか

(Buddh) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person''s death
189.

しょはんしゃ

first offender
190.
める
こいそめる

to begin to love
191.

しょくち

beginning
192.

はつゆ

first bath of the New Year

Kuten Code: 2973
EUC Code: bde9
Shift-JIS Code: 8f89
JIS Code: 3d69
Unicode: 521d
Radical Index: 145
Classic Index: 18
Frequency Rank: 152
Jouyou Grade: 4
DeRoo Code: 645
Four Corner code: 3722.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1116
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 4215
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 469
"Japanese For Busy People" Index: 2.20
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 279
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 181
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 535
"Kanji in Context" Index: 440
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 759
"Essential Kanji" Index: 636
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 428
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 483
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 5e2.1
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 679
Morohashi Index: 1911
Morohashi Volume.Page: 2.226
Gakken Index: 507
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 261
"Japanese Names" Index: 404
Korean Reading: cho
Pinyin: chu1
Cross Reference code:

Radical Index : : 初

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