What is the Kanji for "Beginning" and "Together"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Beginning" and "Together", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Beginning" and "Together" is "緒".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "O".

Its onyomi readings are "Sho" and "Cho".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "糸" means "Thread" and can be read as "Ito" and "Shi". And The kanji "者" means "Someone" and can be read as "Sha" and "Mono".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "緒" mean in japanese?

"緒" means "Beginning" and "Together".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

一緒に: "Together". The adverb '一緒に (いっしょに)' means 'together'. It is used to indicate that something is being done or occurring with someone or something else. It can be used to describe physical proximity or to describe a group working or doing an activity in unison. For example: Let's go together - (一緒に行きましょう). We studied together - (一緒に勉強した).

一緒: "Together". The verbal noun '一緒 (いっしょ)' means 'together'. It is used to indicate that two or more things or people are in the same place or are doing something as a group. For example: Let's go together - (一緒に行きましょう). They are studying together - (彼らは一緒に勉強しています).

内緒: "Secret". The noun '内緒 (ないしょ)' means 'secret'. It refers to information that is not supposed to be disclosed or made known to others. This word is often used when someone wants to keep something private or confidential. For example: That's a secret - (それは内緒だ). I'll keep it a secret - (それは内緒にしておく).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "お" is read as "o". The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". And The hiragana "ち" is read as "chi".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.