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ๅ…ˆ
JLPT N5 SL1 6 strokes Frequency: #173

Meanings

Before, Ahead, Previous, Future, Precedence

Radicals

ๅ„ฟ

Decomposition

โฟฑโฟฐ๏ผŸๅœŸๅ„ฟ

Etymology

Ideographic: Someone steppingย ๆญขย in front of another personย ๅ„ฟ

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)
ใ‚ปใƒณ sen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ใพ ma
ใ•ใ saki

Words Using This Kanji

594 words total
Other (20 words)
ๅ…ˆ่ฟฐ ใ›ใ‚“ใ˜ใ‚…ใค

aforementioned

็พๅ…ˆๅ–ๅผ• ใ’ใ‚“ใ•ใใจใ‚Šใฒใ

transaction with repurchase agreement

็พๅ…ˆ ใ’ใ‚“ใ•ใ

repurchase (esp. bonds, debt, etc.)

ๅ…ˆ็ฅ–ไปฃใ€… ใ›ใ‚“ใžใ ใ„ใ ใ„

ancestral

ๅ…ˆๆ†‚ๅพŒๆฅฝ ใ›ใ‚“ใ‚†ใ†ใ“ใ†ใ‚‰ใ

worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)

ๅ…ˆๆ‰‹ๅฟ…ๅ‹ ใ›ใ‚“ใฆใฒใฃใ—ใ‚‡ใ†

victory goes to the one who makes the first move

็އๅ…ˆๅž‚็ฏ„ ใใฃใ›ใ‚“ใ™ใ„ใฏใ‚“

set an example worth following

ๅฎถๅบญๅ„ชๅ…ˆ ใ‹ใฆใ„ใ‚†ใ†ใ›ใ‚“

giving one's family life priority over one's work

่ˆŒๅ…ˆไธ‰ๅˆ† ใ—ใŸใ•ใใ•ใ‚“ใถ

a glib tongue (with fair words)

ๅ…ˆๅˆปๆ‰ฟ็Ÿฅ ใ›ใ‚“ใ“ใใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใก

being already (well) aware

่ƒธๅ…ˆไธ‰ๅฏธ ใ‚€ใชใ•ใใ•ใ‚“ใšใ‚“

one's mind

็›ฎๅ…ˆ็›ธๅ ด ใ‚ใ•ใใใ†ใฐ

the market trend in the near future

ๅนธๅ…ˆ ใ•ใ„ใ•ใ

sign (of things to come)

ๅ…ˆ็™บๆ˜Žไธป็พฉ ใ›ใ‚“ใฏใคใ‚ใ„ใ—ใ‚…ใŽ

first-to-invent principle (in patent law)

ๆฉŸๅ…ˆใ‚’ๅˆถใ™ใ‚‹ ใใ›ใ‚“ใ‚’ใ›ใ„ใ™ใ‚‹

to beat someone to the punch

ๅ…ˆ้ก˜ไธป็พฉ ใ›ใ‚“ใŒใ‚“ใ—ใ‚…ใŽ

first-to-file principle (in patent law)

ๅ…ˆ็ฅ–ไผๆ‰ฟ ใ›ใ‚“ใžใงใ‚“ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†

what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation

็ฅ–ๅ…ˆใฎ้œŠ ใใ›ใ‚“ใฎใ‚Œใ„

ancestral spirits

ๅ…ˆ้€ฑใฎไปŠๆ—ฅ ใ›ใ‚“ใ—ใ‚…ใ†ใฎใใ‚‡ใ†

this day last week

ๆœ€ๅ„ชๅ…ˆ ใ•ใ„ใ‚†ใ†ใ›ใ‚“

maximum preference