始
- On
- し
- Kun
- はじ.める;-はじ.める;はじ.まる
- Stroke count
- 8
・commence
・begin
Japanese dictionary
しまつ
end result (usu. bad); outcome
Example sentence
Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.
Kanji details
・commence
・begin
・end
・close
・tip
・powder
・posterity