先
commonbefore; ahead; previous; future; precedence
Radical: 儿 (legs). Strokes: 6画. Elements: ノ土儿. . Hangul: 선 [seon]. Nanori: ぽんpon.
Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade. JLPT N5.
Example compounds:
| センSEN | 機先【きせんkisen】forestall 急先鋒【きゅうせんぽうkyūsenpō】van (of a movement) 先鞭【せんべんsenben】initiative; pioneering |
| さきsaki | 水先案内【みずさきあんないmizusakiannai】pilotage; pilot 先回り【さきまわりsakimawari】going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another 刃先【はさきhasaki】edge of blade |
| まずmazu | 先ず【まずmazu】first (of all); hardly (with neg. verb) 一先ず【ひとまずhitomazu】for the present; once; in outline 先ず以て【まずもってmazumotte】first of all; in the first place |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 5148 | – | Unicode |
| 32-72 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-4-2 | – | SKIP |
| 3b3.7 | – | TKD |
| 2421.1 | – | Four Corner |
| 2457 | – | De Roo |
| 571 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 350 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2394 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1552 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 248 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 201 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 280 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 65 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1349 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 1003 |
| 49 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 50 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 33 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 16 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 43 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 54 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 115 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 48 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.18 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 145 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 254 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |