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先 さき、ま.ず before, ahead, previous, future, precedence 5 173 6 10 にんにょう・ひとあし 会意 Compound Ideographic I´ve never seen a cow with human legs before!

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セン ぽん 先月(せんげつ): last month先生(せんせい): (1) teacher; master; doctor (2) with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific優先(ゆうせん): preference; priority; precedence先に(さきに): before; earlier than; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently先頭(せんとう): head; lead; vanguard; first先週(せんしゅう): last week; the week before先輩(せんぱい): senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer先日(せんじつ): the other day; a few days ago先端(せんたん): pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve)先祖(せんぞ): ancestor先着(せんちゃく): first arrival真っ先(まっさき): the head; the foremost; beginning祖先(そせん): ancestor勤め先(つとめさき): place of work先ほど(さきほど): some time ago; not long ago; just now先行(せんこう): preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority先だって(せんだって): recently; the other day先代(せんだい): family predecessor; previous age; previous generation先天的(せんてんてき): a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary先(さき): (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle (3) head (of a line); front (4) ahead; the other side (5) the future; hereafter (6) destination (7) the other party先ず(まず): (1) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now (2) hardly (with neg. verb)お先に(おさきに): (1) before; previously (2) ahead (3) Pardon me for leaving (before you)先(せん): (1) former; previous; old (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move先々月(せんせんげつ): month before last先先週(せんせんしゅう): week before last 1 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 儿 2 (none) before Nasty story but it keeps the meaning true to the kanji. "BEFORE you stick it in a COW and SPREAD the legs (the bottom stroke of this cow looks like two legs) make sure she has HUMAN LEGS"-------------sorry, I´ll remove if I get enough reports, but will keep if I get more stars.

Kanji	先
Onyomi	セン
Kunyomi	さき、ま.ず
Nanori	ぽん
English	before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Examples	先月(せんげつ): last month 先生(せんせい): (1) teacher; master; doctor (2) with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific 優先(ゆうせん): preference; priority; precedence 先に(さきに): before; earlier than; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently 先頭(せんとう): head; lead; vanguard; first 先週(せんしゅう): last week; the week before 先輩(せんぱい): senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer 先日(せんじつ): the other day; a few days ago 先端(せんたん): pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve) 先祖(せんぞ): ancestor 先着(せんちゃく): first arrival 真っ先(まっさき): the head; the foremost; beginning 祖先(そせん): ancestor 勤め先(つとめさき): place of work 先ほど(さきほど): some time ago; not long ago; just now 先行(せんこう): preceding; going first; leading; going ahead; taking priority 先だって(せんだって): recently; the other day 先代(せんだい): family predecessor; previous age; previous generation 先天的(せんてんてき): a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary 先(さき): (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle (3) head (of a line); front (4) ahead; the other side (5) the future; hereafter (6) destination (7) the other party 先ず(まず): (1) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now (2) hardly (with neg. verb) お先に(おさきに): (1) before; previously (2) ahead (3) Pardon me for leaving (before you) 先(せん): (1) former; previous; old (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move 先々月(せんせんげつ): month before last 先先週(せんせんしゅう): week before last
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	173
Components	八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	儿
Radical Number	10
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	にんにょう・ひとあし
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	before
Koohii Story 1	I´ve never seen a cow with human legs before!
Koohii Story 2	Nasty story but it keeps the meaning true to the kanji. "BEFORE you stick it in a COW and SPREAD the legs (the bottom stroke of this cow looks like two legs) make sure she has HUMAN LEGS"-------------sorry, I´ll remove if I get enough reports, but will keep if I get more stars.

Ahead Ago Cow Precedence Month Head Vanguard Week