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始 = 台 + 女
始 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “commence”. It is built from 台 (pedestal) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 809.
- Keyword
- commence
- RTK frame
- 809
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- начинать
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 始 begin
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 始 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pedestal” + “woman”. 始 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 始 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.