Kanji · 漢字
初
Kun はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、-そ.める、-ぞ.め
On ショ
first time
first time · beginning
N2
JLPT
7
strokes
#152
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
Radicals
Appears in words
月初め つきはじめ beginning of the month最初 さいしょ beginning初めに はじめに first初 はつ first初めて はじめて for the first time初める そめる to begin to初演 しょえん first performance初夏 しょか early summer初回 しょかい first time初期 しょき early days初級 しょきゅう elementary level初詣 はつもうで first shrine visit of the New Year初出 しょしゅつ first appearance初旬 しょじゅん first 10 days of the month初場所 はつばしょ New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)初心 しょしん one's original intention初心者 しょしんしゃ beginner初雪 はつゆき first snow (of the season)初対面 しょたいめん first meeting初代 しょだい first generation初頭 しょとう beginning (of a century, etc.)初日 しょにち first day初任給 しょにんきゅう initial salary初版 しょはん first edition初歩 しょほ basics初夢 はつゆめ first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)初恋 はつこい first love初老 しょろう past middle age当初 とうしょ beginning年初 ねんしょ beginning of the year