KanjiN5Grade 1 · 小16 strokesRadical 儿#173 in newspapers

先 · before, ahead

先 is a kanji meaning before, ahead, previous, future. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

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In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 先
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
先さき	さき	future; recent, previous	N5
先月せんげつ	せんげつ	last month	N5
先週せんしゅう	せんしゅう	last week	N5
先生せんせい	せんせい	teacher, professor; master; doctor	N5
先輩せんぱい	せんぱい	senior members of a group	N4
先日せんじつ	せんじつ	the other day, a few days ago	N3

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More words that use 先
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
先行せんこう	せんこう	preceding, going first	N3
お先におさきに	おさきに	before, after you	N2
先程さきほど	さきほど	a little while ago	N2
先々月せんせんげつ	せんせんげつ	month before last	N2
先々週せんせんしゅう	せんせんしゅう	2 weeks before	N2
先祖せんぞ	せんぞ	ancestor	N2
先端せんたん	せんたん	pointed end, tip	N2
先頭せんとう	せんとう	head, lead, vanguard	N2
祖先そせん	そせん	ancestor(s)	N2
真っ先まっさき	まっさき	foremost, beginning	N2
先せん	せん	priority, precedence, previous	N1
先代せんだい	せんだい	family predecessor, previous age, previous generation	N1
先だってせんだって	せんだって	recently, the other day	N1
先着せんちゃく	せんちゃく	first arrival	N1
先天的せんてんてき	せんてんてき	inherent, congenital, hereditary	N1
勤め先つとめさき	つとめさき	place of work	N1
優先ゆうせん	ゆうせん	preference, priority	N1

先生に頼もう。

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Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #141738 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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