Kanji 
					Grade 3 -    始 
			 
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			commence, begin 
			Kun: はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる 
			On: シ 
			8 strokes 
			Radical: woman, female 女 
			Parts: 厶 口 女 | 
		 
		
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			Onyomi | 
		 
		
			
			始発 【シハツ】 first departure (of the day), first train, first bus, 
			departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.) 
			始業 【シギョウ】 start of work, commencement, opening 
			年始 【ネンシ】 beginning of the year, new year, New Year's call, New 
			Year's greetings 
			創始 【ソウシ】 creation, founding, initiating | 
		 
		
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			Kunyomi | 
		 
		
			
			始める 【はじめる】 to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to 
			originate, to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a 
			store), to establish, to start ..., to begin to ... 
			始まる 【はじまる】 to begin, to start, to commence, to happen (again), to 
			begin (anew), to date (from), to originate (in) | 
		 
		 
	
		
		
	
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