Entry
  1. Noun

    first frost of the year

    秋になると日はだんだん短くなり夜はさむくなってきました。彼女は初霜が木の葉を黄色や赤に変えていくのをみていました。
    In the fall, when the days grew shorter and the nights colder, she watched the first frost turn the leaves to bright yellow and orange and red.
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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

frost

Kun
しも
On
ソウ
Strokes
17
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2151 of 2500
Radical
rain
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-8-9SKIP code
8d9.2The Kanji Dictionary
1096.3, 1096.1Four corner code
3179deroo
971cUnicode hex code
1-33-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5064Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6542New Nelson (John Haig)
2815New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3491Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1801Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2451Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
426Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
455Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1630A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2694Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1352Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42363Morohashi
1529A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
948Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
978Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1892Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1888Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1689Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1868Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
433Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shuang1Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level