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Kanji 前: meaning "front, before", readings, stroke order

The kanji 前 means "front, before". On'yomi: ゼン; kun'yomi: まえ. JLPT N5 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
front, before
On'yomi
ゼン
Kun'yomi
まえ
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N5
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 前

  • 名前 なまえ — Name
  • 前 まえ — Front / before
  • 午前 ごぜん — Morning / AM
  • ~前 ~まえ — in front of ~
  • 当たり前 あたりまえ — usual, common, obvious
  • お前 おまえ — you (sing), presence (of a high personage)
  • 前者 ぜんしゃ — the former
  • 前進 ぜんしん — advance, drive, progress
  • 前もって まえもって — in advance, beforehand, previously
  • 以前 いぜん — Before / previously
  • 前後 ぜんご — Before and after
  • 前提 ぜんてい — Premise

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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