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

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

Words with this kanji

N1 先代 sendai family predecessor, previous age, previous generation N1 先だって sendatte recently, the other day N1 先着 senchaku first arrival N1 先天的 sententeki inherent, congenital, hereditary N1 勤め先 tsutomesaki place of work N1 優先 yuusen preference, priority N2 お先に osakini before, after you N2 先程 sakihodo a little while ago N2 先々月 sensengetsu month before last

Sentences with this kanji

N5 先週は忙しかったです。 Senshuu wa isogashikatta desu. Last week I was busy. N5 先月は暑かったです。 Sengetsu wa atsukatta desu. Last month was hot. N5 あなたは先生ですか。 Anata wa sensei desu ka. Are you a teacher? N5 はい、私は先生です。 Hai, watashi wa sensei desu. Yes, I am a teacher. N5 いいえ、私は先生ではありません。 Iie, watashi wa sensei dewa arimasen. No, I am not a teacher. N5 そこに先生がいます。 Soko ni sensei ga imasu. There is a teacher there. N5 私は先生に会います。 Watashi wa sensei ni aimasu. I meet the teacher. N5 私は毎日先生に会います。 Watashi wa mainichi sensei ni aimasu. I meet the teacher every day. N5 私は先生に質問をします。 Watashi wa sensei ni shitsumon o shimasu. I ask the teacher a question.