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Kanji Detail for 前 - "front, before, ahead"

  • Meaning

    前 means "front, before, ahead."

    1. Front - The forward part.

    2. Before - Earlier in time.

    3. Previous - Coming before.

    4. Ahead - In advance.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    in front; before

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    in front, forward; preceding

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    in front, forward; former, preceding

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Opposite of 後 (behind). Such as 庭前 (in front of the courtyard), 堂前 (in front of the hall). | Earlier. Earlier and later is also called 前後. Such as 前驅 (vanguard), 前導 (leader). What is above is also called 前. Such as 前編後編 (earlier and later volumes). | Early; in the past. Such as 前賢 (former sages), 前王 (former kings). Also, seniors are called 前輩. | To advance. Meaning to move forward. Such as 奮往直前 (forge ahead bravely).
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