前

front; before; in front

9 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 27.

Readings

• まえ (kun reading): 前 (まえ) in front (of); 名前 (なまえ) name
• ゼン (on reading): 以前 (いぜん) before; 前後 (ぜんご) front and rear

Components

• 歬
• 月
• 刂
• 一 radical one
• ⺉ radical knife, right-side form of 刀
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Kanji containing 前

• 揃 be complete
• 煎 broil
• 剪 clip
• 箭 arrow
• 翦 scissors

Words using 前

• 前 (まえ) in front (of)
• 名前 (なまえ) name
• お前 (おまえ) you
• 当たり前 (あたりまえ) natural
• 駅前 (えきまえ) in front of a station
• 以前 (いぜん) before
• 前後 (ぜんご) front and rear
• 午前 (ごぜん) morning
• 前述 (ぜんじゅつ) aforementioned
• 前 (ぜん) last (i.e. immediately preceding)
• 弘前 (ひろさき) Hirosaki (city in Aomori)
• 弘前大学 (ひろさきだいがく) Hirosaki University
• 前山 (さきやま) skilled miner
• 弘前学院大学 (ひろさきがくいんだいがく) Hirosaki Gakuin College
• 胸前 (むなさき) chest

770 words in all.

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