Kanji Detail for 肇 - "begin"

肇

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

肇 means "begin." Also associated with initiate, found.
1. Begin - To start; to commence.
2. Initiate - To set in motion; to originate.
3. Found - To establish something new.
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- Verified meaning: begin
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read ただし, とし, はじむ, はしめ)
- Also carries these associations: initiate, found
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 肇

Given names 肇(ただし) 肇(とし) 肇(はじむ) 肇(はじめ)

Surnames 肇(はしめ)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

beginning

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

begin, commence, originate

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

at first; devise; originate

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to begin, to start; to originate

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To begin. The meaning of initiating. Such as saying 肇禍. Meaning the origin of calamity.
Onyomi

choh(チョウ)

joh(ジョウ)

toh(トウ)
Kunyomi

haji.meru(はじ-める)

hajime(はじ-め)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

聿 (fude・fudezukuri)
Related Keywords

begin initiate found start origin birth commence create establish genesis inception launch dawn onset introduction open