Today’s first #kanji is #始, which is made of おんなへん(女) and 台.
台 usually means a stand or a pedestal in modern Japanese, but the kanji itself apparently has the meaning of “beginning.”
Meaning: to start
始動(シドウ): starting
始終(シジュウ): from start to finish, from first to last
開始(カイシ): a beginning, a start, a commencement, an inauguration
年始(ネンシ): new year, the beginning of the year
始まる(はじまる): (for something) to start, to begin (an intransitive verb)
始まり(はじまり): the beginning, the start, the origin
始める(はじめる): to begin (something), to start (a transitive verb)
始め(はじめ): (the) start, (the) beginning
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