Meanings
First Time, Beginning
Radicals
Decomposition
⿰衤刀
Etymology
Ideographic: Cutting 刀 the cloth 衤 is the first step in making clothes
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Words Using This Kanji
296 words totalwedding night
initial budget
pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)
for the first time
first cockcrowing of the year
first eastern wind of the year
gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day
first young greens of the year
scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year
first day of the second month
(for the) first time
to eat something for the first time in the season
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
initial response
initial response
first ski of the season
initial response (e.g. to a crisis)
first victory
first five syllables (of a tanka)
debut