Kanji
始
Begin
Also: Commence, Start
On'yomi
- し shi
Kun'yomi
- はじ(まる) hajimaru
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 始
始 has 8 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 女 (woman), number 38. Hashidari places it at JLPT N4. Japanese students learn it in grade 3 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji