10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

beginning, good, excel

Kun'yomi
  • はじめ
  • よい
On'yomi
  • シュク
  • テキ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

beginning, good, excel
シュク テキ はじめ (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
uncle, youth
シュク よし (9th, N1)
younger of brothers, father's younger brother, younger brother of a husband
シュク まめ
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

References

Unicode hex code 4FF6
JIS X 0208 1-48-72
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 236
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1026
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 732
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a8.6
Four corner code 2724.0