EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    outset; start; beginning

    手始めは、三大宗教の聖地、エルサレムを訪れることだった。
    For a start, I visited Jerusalem - a sacred place for three major religions.
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Characters in this word

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hand

Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
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commence, begin

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