KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小29 strokesRadical 刀#27 in newspapers

前 · in front, before

前 is a kanji meaning in front, before. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

Practise the N5 kanji

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

Words that use 前
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
午前ごぜん	ごぜん	morning, A.M.	N5
名前なまえ	なまえ	name	N5
前まえ	まえ	before, in front	N5
当たり前あたりまえ	あたりまえ	usual, common, obvious	N3
以前いぜん	いぜん	in the past; before	N3
お前おまえ	おまえ	you (sing), presence (of a high personage)	N3

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More words that use 前
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
前者ぜんしゃ	ぜんしゃ	the former	N3
前進ぜんしん	ぜんしん	advance, drive, progress	N3
前もってまえもって	まえもって	in advance, beforehand, previously	N3
前後ぜんご	ぜんご	front and back, before and after	N2
直前ちょくぜん	ちょくぜん	just before	N2
手前てまえ	てまえ	before, this side	N2
腕前うでまえ	うでまえ	ability, skill, facility	N1
事前じぜん	じぜん	prior, beforehand, in advance	N1
前提ぜんてい	ぜんてい	preamble, premise, prerequisite	N1
前途ぜんと	ぜんと	future prospects, outlook, the journey ahead	N1
前例ぜんれい	ぜんれい	precedent	N1
建前たてまえ	たてまえ	position; stance one takes in public; principle	N1
前売りまえうり	まえうり	advance sale, booking	N1
前置きまえおき	まえおき	preface, introduction	N1
真ん前まんまえ	まんまえ	right in front, under the nose	N1

家の前に庭がある。

いえのまえににわがある

There is a garden in front of the house.

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 #187031 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

9 strokes