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Ahead Ago Cow Precedence Month Head Vanguard Week

Kanji
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
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.

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade1, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_time

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