Info on the Kanji 初 | What's a Kanji? |
| first time, beginning | |
| onyomi | SHO |
| kunyomi | haji-me, haji-mete, hatsu, ui, so-meru |
| stroke count | 7 |
| grade | 4 |
| jlpt level | N3 |
| Example words with 初 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 初はつ hatsu | first / new |
| お初おはつ o hatsu | doing something for the first time / new item / first crop of the season |
| 原初げんしょ gensho | origin / source / beginning / starting point |
| 御初おはつ o hatsu | doing something for the first time / new item / first crop of the season |
| 最初さいしょ saisho | beginning / outset / first / onset |
| 初にはつに hatsu ni | for the first time |
| 初めはじめ hajime | first doing of ... |
| 初演しょえん shoen | first performance |
| 初音はつおと hatsu oto | first warbling heard in a new year |
| 初夏しょか shoka | early summer / fourth month of the lunar calendar |
| 初花はつはな hatsu hana | first flower of the season or year / first flowering on a plant |
| 初会しょかい shokai | meeting for the first time / first meeting |
| 初回しょかい shokai | first time / first innings / initial attempt / first / initial |
| 初期しょき shoki | early / initial stage / initial |
| 初給しょきゅう shokyuu | starting salary / initial payment |
| 初経はつけい hatsu kei | first menstruation |
| 初月はつがつ hatsu gatsu | first lunar month / first month / first moon of the month / new moon |
| 初見しょけん shoken | seeing for the first time / first sight |
| 初午はつうま hatsuuma | first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month / traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines |
| 初口はつくち hatsu kuchi | beginning |
| 初更しょこう shokou | first watch of the night |
| 初校しょこう shokou | first |
| 初号しょごう shogou | first number / no. 1 type |
| 初婚しょこん shokon | first marriage |
| 初座しょざ shoza | first half of a tea ceremony |
| 初参はつさん hatsu san | first shrine visit of the new year |
| 初産ういざん uizan | first childbirth |
| 初子はつご hatsugo | first child |
| 初市はつし hatsu shi | first market of the year |
| 初事はつこと hatsu koto | for the first time / first thing / doing something for the first time / first menstruation |
| 初耳はつみみ hatsumimi | something heard for the first time / hearing something for the first time |
| 初手しょて shote | beginning / start |
| 初秋しょしゅう shoshuu | early autumn / seventh month of the lunar calendar |
| 初出しょしゅつ shoshutsu | first appearance |
| 初春しょしゅん shoshun | beginning of spring / first month of the lunar calendar / new year |
| 初心しょしん shoshin | innocent / naive / unsophisticated / inexperienced / green / wet behind the ears / birth- |
| 初生はつなま hatsu nama | firstborn / first-produced / newborn |
| 初声はつこえ hatsu koe | first sound of the year for an animal / first sound of the season |
| 初雪はつゆき hatsuyuki | first snow |
| 初戦しょせん shosen | first match |
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| Example Sentences with 初 |
| 最初着る前に洗濯してください。 この空港は新千歳空港ほど便数が多くないので、送迎デッキから見ても最初は飛行機がいませんでした。 初期の自覚症状としては、排尿障害がありますが、多くの場合、はっきりとした症状がありません。 最初は別々だったんですがある日一緒行き帰りするようになりました。 |
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