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先

JLPT N4 SL2 6 strokes Frequency: #220

Meanings

before, ahead, previous, future

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)

さき saki

ま ma

Words Using This Kanji

591 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 (24 words)

先さき

ahead / previous / first

distant future

previously

a short while ago

recently

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ま (4 words)

先ずまず

first / before anything else / to begin with

先ずはまずは

first of all

先ず先ずまずまず

tolerable

先ずもってまずもって

first of all

Other (560 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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