Entry
  1. Noun

    one's original intention; one's original purpose; one's original aim

    初志を貫徹したらどうですか。
    Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

first time, beginning

Kun
はじ.めはじ.めてはつはつ-うい--そ.める-ぞ.め
On
ショ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
152 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

はっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
5e2.1The Kanji Dictionary
3722.0Four corner code
645deroo
521dUnicode hex code
1-29-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4215Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
469New Nelson (John Haig)
1116New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1433Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1031Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
404Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
431Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
261A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
427Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
636Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1911Morohashi
507A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
679Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
428sakade
353Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
535henshall3
483Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
279crowley
440Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
181Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
411Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chu1Pinyin reading
choKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling

Kun
シリングこころざ.すこころざし
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
823 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

じんべしゆき

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
3p4.1The Kanji Dictionary
4033.1Four corner code
1458deroo
5fd7Unicode hex code
1-27-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1064Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1785New Nelson (John Haig)
2199New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2725Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1394Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1881Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
600Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
645Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
622A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
464Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
757Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10331Morohashi
692A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
573Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
582Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
623sakade
527Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
718henshall3
668Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
756Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
770Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
607Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi4Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level