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

12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine
Kun:
み.る
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1019 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 診断 【シンダン】 diagnosis, medical examination
  • 診察 【シンサツ】 medical examination, checkup, consultation
  • 検診 【ケンシン】 physical examination, medical examination, health checkup, health screening
  • 受診 【ジュシン】 having a medical examination, seeing a doctor

Kun reading compounds

  • 診る 【みる】 to examine (medically)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen3, zhen1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • revisión
  • diagnóstico
  • examen
  • revisar
  • diagnosticar
  • examinar

Portuguese

  • checkup
  • vendo
  • diagnosticar
  • examinar

French

  • examiner
  • diagnostic
  • bilan de santé
  • auscultation
1440 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1069 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4338 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1081 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1745 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1214 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1277 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1361 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1674 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1898 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1364 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1740 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35337 Morohashi
1504 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5586 New Nelson (John Haig)
1724 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1860 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1586 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3060 2001 Kanji
7a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0862.2 Four corner code
1-31-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a3a Unicode hex code