Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 始


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Meaning

start, begin

Pronunciation

SHI
hajimeru

Explanation

Left: woman , right: platform (= nose over the mouth )

Mnemonic

The lady on the platform begins.

Radicals

woman(The stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = く , which also stands for a female ninja. )
platform
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Vocabulary

始める はじめる to start/to begin
始まる はじまる to begin
始めに はじめに at the beginning, first
終始 しゅうし from beginning to end, consistent(ly)
原始 げんし origin, primeval
始まり はじまり origin, beginning
始末 しまつ dealing, settlement, management
始発 しはつ first train
始終 しじゅう continuously, from beginning to end

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