| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- antes
- delante de
Portuguese
- em frente
- antes
French
- devant
- avant
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
370 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 席 【セキ】 seat, location (of a gathering, etc.), place, position, post
- 席上 【セキジョウ】 at the meeting, on the occasion
- 寄席 【ヨセ】 entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.), vaudeville theater (theatre), music hall
- 次席 【ジセキ】 associate, junior, assistant, runner-up
Kun reading compounds
- 筵 【むしろ】 woven mat (esp. one made of straw), seat
- 竹席 【たかむしろ】 bamboo mat
Readings
- Korean:
- seog
Spanish
- asiento
- plaza
- posición
Portuguese
- assento
- esteira
- ocasião
- lugar
French
- siège
- natte
- occasion
- place
| 444 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 549 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 520 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 349 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1513 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 461 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 497 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1242 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 379 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 380 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 332 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 564 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3865 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2683 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1201 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8926 | Morohashi |
| 3113 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1561 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1193 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1277 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 549 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 544 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e2d | Unicode hex code |