EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal

    彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。
    He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
  2. Noun

    course of events; circumstances; particulars

  3. end result (usu. bad); outcome

  4. Noun, Suru verb, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Transitive verb

    economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty

Also written 仕末【しまつ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

end, close, tip, powder, posterity

Kun
すえうらうれ
On
マツバツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
456 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.26The Kanji Dictionary
5090.0Four corner code
1464deroo
672bUnicode hex code
1-43-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
177Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2534New Nelson (John Haig)
3505New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4317Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2184Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2940Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
217Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
230Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
528A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
211Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
565Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14420Morohashi
587A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
305Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
305Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
515sakade
616Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
615henshall3
457Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
584Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
1047Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
222Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mo4Pinyin reading
malKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level