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先

JLPT N5 SL1 6 strokes Frequency: #173

Meanings

Before, Ahead, Previous, Future, Precedence

Radicals

儿

Decomposition

⿱⿰？土儿

Etymology

Ideographic: Someone stepping 止 in front of another person 儿

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セン sen

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ま ma

さき saki

Words Using This Kanji

594 words total

セン (3 words)

先生せんせい

teacher / instructor / master

先週せんしゅう

last week

先月せんげつ

last month

さき (23 words)

先さき

ahead / previous / first

distant future

previously

a short while ago

recently

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ま (4 words)

first (of all)

first of all

tolerable

first of all

Other (564 words)

先の先せんのせん

striking just before one's opponent makes a move

先の先せんのせん

striking just before one's opponent makes a move

先ず先ずまずまず

tolerable

先だってせんだって

the other day

先々の先せんせんのせん

predicting and striking just before one's opponent makes a move (kendo)

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