JLPT N4 Kanji: 始 (shi)

JLPT N4 Kanji: 始 (shi)

Meaning: Begin; commence

How to Read:
Onyomi: シ (shi)

Kunyomi: はじ(める) haji(meru)

How to write 始:

Common Words Using 始:
開始 (かいし) : start, beginning, initiation

開始時刻 (かいしじこく) : starting time

年始 (ねんし) : beginning of the year

始終 (しじゅう) : continuously

始動 (しどう) : starting (machine), activation

始祖 (しそ) : founder, originator

創始 (そうし) : creation, founding

更始 (こうし) : renewal, reform

始発 (しはつ) : first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.)

始末 (しまつ) : dealing, getting rid of

後始末 (あとしまつ) : cleaning up afterwards

始め (はじめ) : beginning, start

始めに (はじめに) : in the beginning, to begin with, to start with

始めて (はじめて) : for the first time

始める (はじめる) : to begin (something), to start (something)

始まる (はじまる) : to begin, to start