A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 7 strokes

First Time ; Beginning

Readings on: ショ
Kun readings: はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める・-ぞ.め

初めてはじめて — for the first time

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 最初さいしょ — beginning; beginning; first (-nor, -no) Word card → Source
• 初恋はつこい — first love Source
• 初夏しょか — early summer Source
• 初版しょはん — First edition Source
• 初級しょきゅう — Elementary level Source
• 当初とうしょ — beginning; beginning Source