初 : First time

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Components:

衤刀

first time, beginning

On 'yomi:

ショ(sho)

Kun 'yomi:

はじ.め(haji.me) はじ.めて(haji.mete) はつ(hatsu) はつ-(hatsū) うい-(uī) -そ.める(so.meru) -ぞ.め(zo.me)

Nanori:

し(shi) はっ(ha)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	刂 (18)
Usage Rating:	152

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	4

Unicode:	0521d
jis208:	29-73

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初 Usage examples

食い初め(くいぞめ) 食初め(くいぞめ)	weaning ceremony
見初める(みそめる)	to have sexual relations for the first time, to meet for the first time
咲き初める(さきそめる)	to begin to blossom
初更(しょこう)	first watch of the night (approx. 7 pm to 9 pm)
初葉(しょよう)	beginning of an epoch, initial period
初に(はつに)	for the first time
初巳(はつみ)	first Serpent day of the year
本初(ほんしょ)	beginning, origin, start
明初(めいしょ)	first year of Meiji era
初等数学(しょとうすうがく)	elementary mathematics
初飛行(はつひこう)	maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)
初戦(しょせん)	first match (in a series)
初犯者(しょはんしゃ)	first offender
初年度(しょねんど)	first year, initial (year)
初土俵(はつどひょう)	first tournament for a wrestler
初優勝(はつゆうしょう)	first championship win (esp. sumo)
初っ切り(しょっきり)	comic sumo performance
初(うぶ) 初心(うぶ)	birth-, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears
初っ端(しょっぱな) 初っぱな(しょっぱな)	the very beginning
初刷(はつずり) 初刷り(はつずり)	first print (run)
日本初(にっぽんはつ)	first (of its kind) in Japan
初祖(しょそ)	the first generation of a family, school (of thought) or religious sect
世界初(せかいはつ)	world-first
初歩的(しょほてき)	elementary, basic, rudimentary
初期症状(しょきしょうじょう)	initial symptom
初売り(はつうり)	first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
初買い(はつがい)	going shopping on January 2nd
箸初め(はしぞめ)	weaning ceremony
一等最初(いっとうさいしょ)	first off, first thing
初期の結核(しょきのけっかく)	incipient tuberculosis, initial-stage tuberculosis