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 5
JLPT level N2
632 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歴 【レキ】 experience, history, record, career
- 歴史 【レキシ】 history
- 略歴 【リャクレキ】 brief personal record, short curriculum vitae, short CV
- 来歴 【ライレキ】 history, career
- 歴とした 【レッキトシタ】 accepted, fully-fledged, clear, respectable
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeog
Spanish
- pasar
- paso del tiempo
Portuguese
- currículo
- continuação
- passagem de tempo
French
- historique
- curriculum
- continuation
- passage du temps
536 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
636 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
606 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
692 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
835 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
839 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
654 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2247 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
480 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
489 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
704 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1132 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3748 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1913 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2600 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
382 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16334P | Morohashi |
3019 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2964 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
376 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
402 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
387 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
621 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3373 | 2001 Kanji |
2p12.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-12 | SKIP code |
7121.1 | Four corner code |
1-46-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b74 | Unicode hex code |