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

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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

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings
Kun:
むねむな-
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 胸部 【キョウブ】 chest, breast
  • 胸中 【キョウチュウ】 one's heart, one's mind, one's intentions
  • 豊胸 【ホウキョウ】 full breasts, ample breasts, breast enlargement
  • 開胸 【カイキョウ】 thoracotomy

Kun reading compounds

  • 胸 【むね】 chest, breast, breasts, bosom, bust, heart, lungs, stomach, heart, mind, feelings
  • 胸赤鶸 【むねあかひわ】 Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
  • 両胸 【りょうむね】 both sides of the chest, both breasts
  • 鳩胸 【はとむね】 pigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum), pigeon breast, pectus carinatum, woman with big breasts, iron armor with protruding chest, curved front portion of a stirrup, curve at the base of a shamisen neck

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong1
Korean:
hyung

Spanish

  • pecho
  • corazón
  • sentimientos

Portuguese

  • seio
  • peito
  • tórax
  • coração
  • sentimentos

French

  • poitrine
  • seins
  • coeur
  • sentiments
851 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
840 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1085 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1149 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
846 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1347 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1283 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1086 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1030 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1187 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
647 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1504 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29442 Morohashi
951 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4811 New Nelson (John Haig)
1491 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1604 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
897 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3952 2001 Kanji
4b6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-22-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80f8 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 腺 【セン】 gland
  • 腺癌 【センガン】 adenocarcinoma
  • 甲状腺 【コウジョウセン】 thyroid (gland)
  • 胃腺 【イセン】 gastric gland

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • glándula

Portuguese

French

1817 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3796 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1309 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29746 Morohashi
1035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4847 New Nelson (John Haig)
2466 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
141 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7623.2 Four corner code
1-33-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
817a Unicode hex code