| Kanji | 前 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ゼン |
| Kunyomi | まえ、-まえ |
| Nanori | さき, さと, まい |
| English | in front, before |
| Examples | 当り前(あたりまえ): (1) natural; reasonable; obvious (2) usual; common; ordinary 建て前(たてまえ): (1) face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) (2) ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house (3) tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette 午前(ごぜん): morning; a.m. 前提(ぜんてい): preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given 直前(ちょくぜん): just before 名前(なまえ): (1) name; full name (2) given name; first name 以前(いぜん): ago; since; before; previous 前後(ぜんご): (1) front and rear; front and back; before and behind (2) before and after (3) order; context (4) consequences (5) inversion; reversion; getting out of order (6) co-occurring (7) around; about; approximately; nearly 前進(ぜんしん): advance; drive; progress 手前(てまえ): (1) before; this side (2) one's standpoint; one's appearance (3) we (4) you 前例(ぜんれい): precedent 前途(ぜんと): future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead 前者(ぜんしゃ): the former 前売り(まえうり): advance sale; booking 腕前(うでまえ): ability; skill; facility お前(おまえ): (1) you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior) (2) presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.) 事前(じぜん): prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante 前もって(まえもって): in advance; beforehand; previously 前置き(まえおき): preface; introduction 前(ぜん): (1) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former (2) (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern") (3) before; earlier 前(まえ): (1) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) (2) in front (of); before (e.g. the house) (3) head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part (4) in the presence of (5) helping; portion (6) privates; private parts 真ん前(まんまえ): right in front; just opposite; under the nose |
| JLPT Level | 5 |
| Jouyou Grade | 2 |
| Frequency | 27 |
| Components | 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 月: month; moon 刀: sword; saber; knife |
| Number of Strokes | 9 |
| Kanji Radical | 刀 |
| Radical Number | 18 |
| Radical Strokes | 2 |
| Radical Reading | かたな・りっとう |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | in front |
| Koohii Story 1 | When I get horny my flesh sword sticks out in front of me. |
| Koohii Story 2 | If you stand in front of a bull´s horns, you are asking for your flesh to be cut (or butchered if you prefer). |
| RTK Index (new) | 309 |
Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_directions, kanji_time
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