# 始 — Begin

Frequency rank 273 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 伝 (Transmit), less common than 好 (Like).

- On’yomi: し
- Kun’yomi: はじ
- Radical: 女 Woman (Kangxi 38)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

She lies back across the machine's feed table, hooks the starting crank with her ankle and rips it round.

In words:

- 始まる はじまる — to begin
- 始める はじめる — to begin
- 始め はじめ — beginning;start;origin

[Study 始](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E5%A7%8B)

[← Rank 272: 好 (Like)](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/好.md) · [Rank 274: 伝 (Transmit) →](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/伝.md)

[HTML](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/始/) · [Full ranking](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency.md)