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

6 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1174 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兆 【チョウ】 10^12, 1,000,000,000,000, trillion, sign, omen, indication, portent
  • 兆候 【チョウコウ】 sign, indication, omen, symptom
  • 吉兆 【キッチョウ】 lucky omen, good omen
  • 慶兆 【ケイチョウ】 sign of happiness, good omen

Kun reading compounds

  • 兆す 【きざす】 to show signs, to have symptoms, to give indications (of), to bud, to germinate, to sprout
  • 兆し 【きざし】 sign, indication, omen, symptom

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhao4
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • presagio
  • síntoma
  • billón
  • mostrar síntomas

Portuguese

  • portento
  • 10 elevado a 12
  • trilhão
  • signo
  • presságio
  • sintomas

French

  • augures
  • présage
  • signe
  • symptômes
  • 10**12
  • 1000 milliards
573 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
939 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1426 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
637 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1687 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
337 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
244 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1562 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1665 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1269 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
264 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
240 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1347 Morohashi
225 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
346 New Nelson (John Haig)
235 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
250 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
469 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
2b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
3221.3 Four corner code
3211.3 Four corner code
1-35-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5146 Unicode hex code