Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Kun:
さきま.ず
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 先 【セン】 former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move
  • 先駆 【センク】 forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
  • 機先 【キセン】 forestall
  • 互先 【タガイセン】 even game (esp. in go)

Kun reading compounds

  • 先 【さき】 point, tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line), front, first, before, ahead (of), (the way) ahead, beyond, future, previous, prior, former, recent, last, destination, address, place where you do something, rest (e.g. of a story), continuation, remaining part, the other party
  • 先行き 【さきゆき】 the future, future prospects
  • 小手先 【こてさき】 tip of the hand, (use of) one's hands, cheap trick, superficial wit, superficial cleverness, cheap, makeshift (e.g. measures), shortsighted, perfunctory, halfhearted
  • 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
  • 先ず 【まず】 first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else, probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually, more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably, anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
  • まず第一に 【まずだいいちに】 first of all, in the first place, to begin with, for starters

Readings

Japanese names:
ぽん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian1
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • antes
  • adelante
  • previo
  • precedencia
  • extremo
  • punta
  • final
  • anterior

Portuguese

  • antes
  • prévio
  • na frente
  • futuro
  • precedência

French

  • avant
  • devant
  • précédent
  • futur
  • antériorité
33 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
49 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
201 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
571 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
65 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
280 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
50 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
145 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3046 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
254 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1349 Morohashi
2394 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
350 New Nelson (John Haig)
248 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
263 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
115 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
54 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2457 2001 Kanji
3b3.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2421.1 Four corner code
1-32-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5148 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
wife, spouse
Kun:
つま
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 妻 【サイ】 one's wife
  • 妻子 【サイシ】 wife and children, wife
  • 先妻 【センサイ】 former wife, late wife
  • 後妻 【ゴサイ】 second wife

Kun reading compounds

  • 妻 【つま】 wife, garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings, accompaniment, side (remark)
  • 妻 【つま】 my dear, dear, honey
  • 駐妻 【ちゅうつま】 expat wife, wife of an expatriate employee
  • 我が妻 【わがつま】 my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife), my wife, my husband

Readings

Japanese names:
ずま、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1, qi4
Korean:
cheo

Spanish

  • esposa
  • mujer
  • esposa propia

Portuguese

  • esposa
  • cônjuge

French

  • épouse
  • femme
790 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
708 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
681 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
767 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1206 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
861 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
959 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
671 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
596 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
427 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1907 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6140 Morohashi
2558 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1200 New Nelson (John Haig)
1889 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2035 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
683 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1469 2001 Kanji
3e5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
5040.4 Four corner code
1-26-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59bb Unicode hex code