Entry
  1. Noun

    eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)

    see 強飯see 姫飯

  2. first intercourse of the New Year

  3. loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead

    Slang

Also written 姫初め【ひめはじめ】

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Characters in this word

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princess

Kun
ひめひめ-
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1566 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3e7.11The Kanji Dictionary
4141.7Four corner code
1775deroo
59ebUnicode hex code
1-41-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1216Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1217New Nelson (John Haig)
407New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
489Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
303Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
368Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
849Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
912Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1534A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1358Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1220Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6229Morohashi
1738A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1757Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1882Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1191Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1320Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1868Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
445Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
857Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji1Pinyin reading
heuiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level
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Kun
はじ.める-はじ.めるはじ.まる
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
244 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

もと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3e5.9The Kanji Dictionary
4346.0Four corner code
1777deroo
59cbUnicode hex code
1-27-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1208Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1203New Nelson (John Haig)
281New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
335Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
211Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
252Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
747Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
809Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
465A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1092Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
545Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6166Morohashi
288A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
494Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
503Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225sakade
155Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
304henshall3
299Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
321crowley
129Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
439Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
755Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi3Pinyin reading
siKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level