Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
in front, before
Kun:
まえ-まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
droop, suspend, hang, slouch
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 垂直 【スイチョク】 vertical, perpendicular
  • 垂纓 【スイエイ】 hanging tail (of a traditional Japanese hat), drooping tail
  • 口蓋垂 【コウガイスイ】 uvula
  • 虫垂 【チュウスイ】 (vermiform) appendix

Kun reading compounds

  • 垂れる 【たれる】 to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag, to lower, to pull down, to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status), to confer, to grant, to bestow, to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to drop, to leave behind (at death), to say, to utter, to excrete (urine, feces, etc.), to let out (a fart)
  • 垂らす 【たらす】 to dribble, to spill, to suspend, to hang down, to slouch, to dangle
  • 垂れ 【たれ】 sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce), hanging, something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.), (kendo) loin guard, kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character, woman, -ass, -head
  • 垂れ幕 【たれまく】 hanging banner, hanging screen, curtain
  • 直垂 【ひたたれ】 ancient ceremonial court robe
  • 垂んとす 【なりなんとす】 to close in on (a certain age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
  • 垂んとする 【なんなんとする】 to close in on (30 years of age, etc.), to approach, to get close to

Readings

Japanese names:
たる、 だれ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chui2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • estar colgado
  • colgar
  • suspender

Portuguese

  • declínio
  • suspender
  • pendurar
  • negligente

French

  • pendre
  • suspendre
  • tomber
  • être avachi
  • goutter
918 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
907 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1716 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
211 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1214 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1150 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
761 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1070 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1117 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1322 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
350 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4382 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2219 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2985 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1596 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5012 Morohashi
3565 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
999 New Nelson (John Haig)
1582 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1705 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
866 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2272 2001 Kanji
0a8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-1-7 SKIP code
2010.4 Four corner code
1-31-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5782 Unicode hex code