Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
grave, tomb
Kun:
はか
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1337 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 墓石 【ボセキ】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 墓参り 【ハカマイリ】 visit to a grave
  • 陵墓 【リョウボ】 imperial tomb, imperial mausoleum
  • 周堤墓 【シュウテイボ】 grave-site with circular embankment (Jomon period)

Kun reading compounds

  • 墓 【はか】 grave, gravesite, tomb
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 火垂るの墓 【ほたるのはか】 Grave of Fireflies (film)
  • 御墓 【みはか】 imperial tomb

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • tumba

Portuguese

  • tumba
  • túmulo

French

  • tombe
  • tombeau
869 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
809 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
788 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1349 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4027 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
650 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1165 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1979 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1429 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1518 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1156 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
361 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2930 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1505 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
236 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5431X Morohashi
2332 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073 New Nelson (John Haig)
231 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
246 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
781 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3k10.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
4410.4 Four corner code
1-42-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5893 Unicode hex code

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