Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
first time, beginning
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • primero

Portuguese

  • primeiros tempos
  • começo

French

  • première fois
  • commencement
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)
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

姿

9 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
figure, form, shape
Kun:
すがた
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
441 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 姿勢 【シセイ】 posture, pose, position, stance, carriage (of the body), attitude, approach, stance
  • 姿勢制御 【シセイセイギョ】 attitude control, postural control
  • 雄姿 【ユウシ】 majestic figure, imposing figure, impressive appearance, magnificent appearance
  • 英姿 【エイシ】 gallant figure, impressive figure, noble appearance

Kun reading compounds

  • 姿 【すがた】 figure, form, shape, appearance, dress, guise, state, condition, picture, image, form (of a waka), dressed in ..., wearing ...
  • 姿絵 【すがたえ】 portrait
  • 晴れ姿 【はれすがた】 appearing in one's finest clothes, appearing in one's hour of triumph
  • 舞姿 【まいすがた】 dancing figure, one's appearance when dancing, dancing posture

Readings

Japanese names:
しな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi1
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • figura
  • forma
  • apariencia

Portuguese

  • figura
  • formulário
  • forma

French

  • silhouette
  • forme
  • aspect
888 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
877 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
592 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1215 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1133 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1193 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1217 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
929 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
953 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
661 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
429 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3264 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1684 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2291 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
485 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6257X Morohashi
2636 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1216 New Nelson (John Haig)
474 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
513 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
883 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
369 2001 Kanji
3e6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3740.4 Four corner code
1-27-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59ff Unicode hex code