| 428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 535 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 507 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 261 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4215 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 636 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 353 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 427 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 679 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 692 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 440 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 181 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1433 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1911 | Morohashi |
| 1116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 469 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 404 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 279 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 初演 【ショエン】 first performance
- 年初 【ネンショ】 beginning of the year
- 原初 【ゲンショ】 origin, source, beginning, starting point
Kun reading compounds
- 始め 【はじめ】 beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 月初め 【つきはじめ】 beginning of the month
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 初 【はつ】 first, new
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 業界初 【ぎょうかいはつ】 the industry's first ...
- 人生初 【じんせいはつ】 (for the) first time in one's life
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し、 はっ
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- comienzo
- primero
Portuguese
- primeiros tempos
- começo
French
- première fois
- commencement
| 645 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 3722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 521d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
823 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 【シリング】 shilling
- 志向 【シコウ】 intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)
- 遺志 【イシ】 wishes of a deceased person, dying wish
- 立志 【リッシ】 fixing one's aim in life, deciding one's life goal
Kun reading compounds
- 【シリング】 shilling
- 志す 【こころざす】 to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)
- 志 【こころざし】 will, resolution, intention, ambition, aim, goal, kindness, goodwill, kind offer, gift (as a token of gratitude)
- 志ある者は事ついに成る 【こころざしあるものはことついになる】 where there's a will, there's a way, with ambition one can achieve anything
- お志 【おこころざし】 kindness, courtesy
- 青雲の志 【せいうんのこころざし】 high (lofty) ambition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じん、 べ、 べし、 ゆき
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- intención
- deseo
- aspiración
- ambición
- aspirar
- desear
- voluntad
Portuguese
- intenção
- plano
- resolver
- aspirar
- motivo
- esperanças
- shilling (din.)
French
- dessein
- intention
- plan
- motif
- aspirer à
- résolution
- espoirs
- shilling
| 623 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 718 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 692 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 622 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 757 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 527 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 464 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 573 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 582 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 756 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 770 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2725 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1881 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 607 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10331 | Morohashi |
| 2199 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1785 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 600 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 645 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 668 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1458 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3p4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5fd7 | Unicode hex code |