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Strokes

genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate

JLPTN1School grade6Strokes12Frequency#741
Kun
つく · はじめる · きず · けずしけるtsukuru · hajimeru · kizu · kezushikeru
On
ソウ · ショウsou · shou

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
knife
Parts
knifeform of 刀mouth