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Kanji for begin

N4Grade 38 strokes

begin, commence

Kun
On

始 is the Japanese kanji for begin, commence. It is written with 8 strokes and appears at JLPT level N4. Its kun reading is はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる and its on reading is シ.

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