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

16 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
neighboring
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1083 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隣国 【リンゴク】 neighbouring country, neighboring country, adjacent country
  • 隣家 【リンカ】 neighbouring house, neighboring house
  • 善隣 【ゼンリン】 good neighbour, good neighbor
  • 四隣 【シリン】 whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries

Kun reading compounds

  • 隣る 【となる】 to neighbor (neighbour), to be adjacent to, to be next to, to border
  • 隣 【となり】 next (to), adjoining, adjacent, house next door, neighbouring house, next-door neighbour, next-door neighbor
  • 隣り合う 【となりあう】 to adjoin each other, to sit side by side
  • 先隣 【さきとなり】 next door but one, (a house) two doors away
  • 一軒置いて隣 【いっけんおいてとなり】 next door but one

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rin

Spanish

  • colindante
  • vecino
  • colindar

Portuguese

  • vizinho

French

  • voisin
1915 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1002 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5023 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1040 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1882 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2443 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
809 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
828 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
980 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
752 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
961 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
538 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1320 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41847 Morohashi
781 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6484 New Nelson (John Haig)
1311 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1408 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1862 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
2d13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
1-2-13 SKIP code
7925.9 Four corner code
1-46-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96a3 Unicode hex code