Kanji
初
First Time
Also: Beginning, First
On'yomi
- しょ sho
Kun'yomi
- はじ(め) hajime
- はつ hatsu
- うい ui
- そ so
- ぞ zo
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 初
初 has 7 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 刀 (knife), number 18. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 4 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji