Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 6

先

Meaning in English

before, ahead, previous

Readings

Onyomi: セン Kunyomi: さき, ま.ず Romaji: sen / saki, ma.zu

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

先

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese antes, adiante, anterior

Spanish antes, adelante, anterior

Korean 이전, 앞, 이전의

French avant, en avant, précédent

Italian prima, avanti, precedente

German vorher, voraus, zuvor

Indonesian sebelumnya, di depan, masa lalu

★ Vietnamese trước, phía trước, trước đó

Thai ก่อนหน้า, ข้างหน้า, ก่อนหน้า

Kanji

Related kanji

N3 光 kou / hika.ru, hikari ray, light, rayon N2 兆 chou / kiza.su, kiza.shi portent, 10**12, trillion N1 充 juu / a.teru, mi.tasu allot, fill, attribuer N2 児 ji, ni, gei / ko, -ko, -kko newborn babe, child, young of animals N4 兄 kei, kyou / ani elder brother, big brother, frère aîné N1 克 koku / ka.tsu overcome, kindly, skillfully N4 元 gen, gan / moto beginning, former time, origin N1 免 men / manuka.reru, manuga.reru excuse, dismissal, excuser N1 允 in / jou, makoto.ni, yurusu license, sincerity, permit

Word

Words with this kanji

N4 先輩 senpai senior, elder colleague N5 先生 sensei teacher N5 先週 senshuu last week N5 先月 sengetsu last month N5 先 saki ahead / previous / destination

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 あの人は先生に違いありません。 Ano hito wa sensei ni chigai arimasen. That person must be a teacher. N4 先生が授業を始めました。 Sensei ga jugyou o hajimemashita. The teacher started the class. N4 先生に質問してみました。 Sensei ni shitsumon shite mimashita. I tried asking the teacher. N4 先生に質問してみました。 Sensei ni shitsumon shite mimashita. I tried asking the teacher. N4 先生に直してもらった文章をもう一度読み直した Sensei ni naoshite moratta bunshou o mou ichido yominaoshita I reread the text corrected by the teacher N4 先生に分からないところは何度でも聞いていいと言われた Sensei ni wakaranai tokoro wa nando demo kiite ii to iwareta The teacher said I can ask as many times as needed when I do not understand N4 先生の説明によるとこの問題はそれほど難しくないらしい Sensei no setsumei ni yoru to kono mondai wa sore hodo muzukashikunai rashii According to the teacher this problem is not very difficult N5 彼女は先生です。 Kanojo wa sensei desu. She is a teacher. N5 先生は教室の中にいます。 Sensei wa kyoushitsu no naka ni imasu. The teacher is inside the classroom.