Jisho

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前

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 并 刈 月
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

置

13 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
一 ｜ 十 目 買
placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
Kun:
お.く、 -お.き
On:
チ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 置換 【チカン】 substitution, replacement, permutation, substitution, displacement
  • 置換可能引数データ 【チカンカノウヒキスウデータ】 replaceable parameter data
  • 留置 【リュウチ】 detention (usu. during investigation), imprisonment, poundage, custody
  • 倒置 【トウチ】 turning upside down, inversion

Kun reading compounds

  • 置く 【おく】 to put, to place, to leave (behind), to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up, to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ, to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.), to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool, to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house, to separate spatially or temporally, to do something in advance, to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state

Readings

Japanese names:
おき、 おけ、 き
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
chi

Spanish

  • poner
  • colocar
  • situar

Portuguese

  • colocação
  • por
  • colocar
  • depositar
  • abandonar
  • manter
  • empregar
  • hipotecar

French

  • placer
  • poser
  • déposer
  • faire à l'avance
  • laisser derrière
  • garder
  • employer
  • gage
469 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
570 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
545 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
322 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3644 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
345 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
831 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2232 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
426 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
432 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
262 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1466 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3222 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1671 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2262 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
840 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28298 Morohashi
2608 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4645 New Nelson (John Haig)
832 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
895 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
312 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
610 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
5g8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-8 SKIP code
3-1-12 SKIP code
6071.6 Four corner code
1-35-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f6e Unicode hex code

詞

12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
一 亅 口 言
part of speech, words, poetry
Kun:
ことば
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 詞 【シ】 words, writing, lyrics, ci (form of Chinese poetry), independent word
  • 詞華集 【シカシュウ】 anthology (of poems), florilegium
  • 作詞 【サクシ】 (writing) song lyrics
  • 固有名詞 【コユウメイシ】 proper noun

Kun reading compounds

  • 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
  • 詞書き 【ことばがき】 foreword to a collection of poems, preface, explanatory notes, captions
  • 枕詞 【まくらことば】 pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface, introduction
  • 花言葉 【はなことば】 language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love), floriography

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • parte de oración
  • palabras
  • poesía

Portuguese

  • parte de discurso
  • palavras
  • poesia

French

  • partie du discours
  • mots
  • poésie
799 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
890 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
879 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1624 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4335 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
807 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
900 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1665 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
843 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1205 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1671 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1897 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1007 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1363 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1883 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35394 Morohashi
1503 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5582 New Nelson (John Haig)
1865 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2009 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
946 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3049 2001 Kanji
7a5.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0762.0 Four corner code
1-27-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a5e Unicode hex code