Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
blossom, bloom
Kun:
さ.く-ざき
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1534 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 巧笑 【コウショウ】 courteous laughter, forced laughter

Kun reading compounds

  • 咲く 【さく】 to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open, to rise up (of breaking waves)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • florecer

Portuguese

  • flor
  • florescimento

French

  • fleurir
  • floraison
1303 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1435 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1475 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
413 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
784 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
927 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
951 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
303 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2037 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3554X Morohashi
349 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 New Nelson (John Haig)
2018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1240 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
6803.4 Four corner code
1-26-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54b2 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
Variants:
commence, begin
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 始発 【シハツ】 first departure (of the day), first train, first bus, departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
  • 始業 【シギョウ】 start of work, commencement, opening
  • 年始 【ネンシ】 beginning of the year, new year, New Year's call, New Year's greetings
  • 創始 【ソウシ】 creation, founding, initiating

Kun reading compounds

  • 始める 【はじめる】 to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate, to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a store), to establish, to start ..., to begin to ...
  • 始まる 【はじまる】 to begin, to start, to commence, to happen (again), to begin (anew), to date (from), to originate (in)

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • comenzar
  • empezar
  • empezar (trans.)
  • empezar (intrans.)

Portuguese

  • iniciar
  • começar

French

  • commencer
  • débuter
225 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
304 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
288 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
465 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1208 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
545 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
155 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1092 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
494 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
503 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
129 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
439 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
335 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
252 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
755 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6166 Morohashi
281 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1203 New Nelson (John Haig)
747 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
809 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
321 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
299 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1777 2001 Kanji
3e5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
4346.0 Four corner code
1-27-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59cb Unicode hex code