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訓はじ(め),はじ(めて),はつ,はつ-,うい-,-そ(める),-ぞ(め) ・音ショ

Sino-Vietnamese: sơ

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Clothing 衤 plus knife 刀: the first step in making clothes is cutting the cloth, so it means beginning or first (Han Viet so, as in so cap = elementary).

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Sino-Vietnamese: sơ
On'yomi: ショ
Kun'yomi: はじ(め),はじ(めて),はつ,はつ-,うい-,-そ(める),-ぞ(め)
Strokes: 7
JLPT: N3

Radical

刀 Knife 2 strokes

On'yomi

ショ

Kun'yomi

はじ(め),はじ(めて),はつ,はつ-,うい-,-そ(める),-ぞ(め)

Sino-Vietnamese: sơ

Stroke order

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Radical

刀

Knife

2 strokes

Related Vocabulary

初日しょにち

first day

初めはじめ

beginning

Example sentences

初めて日本に来ました。 (はじめてにほんにきました)

I came to Japan for the first time.

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