Kanji 先

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On:
セン
sen
Kun:
さき、ま.ず
saki, ma.zu
Reading in names:
ぽん
pon
Meanings:
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
впереди; перед
попереду, перед
Grade: 1
JLPT: 5
Phonetic: (セン)
Kanji shape: idc
Kanji elements: ,
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Examples

さき
saki
point, end, front, lead, former
point, end, front, lead, former
先ず
まず
mazu
прежде всего
first (of all)
first (of all)
先学期
せんがっき
sengakki
last semester
last semester
先月
せんげつ
sengetsu
прошлый месяц
last month
last month
先生
せんせい
sensei
учитель; преподаватель; врач; доктор; наставник; слово, добавляемое к именам учителей (выражает почтение)
teacher, master, doctor
teacher, master, doctor
先輩
せんぱい
senpai
старший; старший товарищ; семпай
senior (at work or school)
senior (at work or school)
先週
せんしゅう
senshuu
прошлая неделя
last week
last week
店先
みせさき
misesaki
store front
store front

Reading in other languages

Korean:
Korean (latin): seon
Pinyin: xian1
Vietnam: Tiên, Tiến

Encoding

BIG5: A5 FD
DECIMAL: 20808
HEX: 5148
JIS_LEVEL: 1
MINKUTEN: 1-32-72
UTF16: 5148
UTF8: E5 85 88

Dictionary indexes

A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade): 33
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Ken Henshall): 43
A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall): 49
Essential Kanji (P.G. O'Neill): 65
Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"): 201
Japanese For Busy People: 2.18
Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press): 16
Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill): 280
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky): 50
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky, 2 edition): 50
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999): 1552
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2 edition, 2013): 2123
Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono): 48
Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide: 145
Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013): 3046
Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette): 254
Morohashi Daikanwajiten (Volume 1, page 1003): 1349
New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990): 2394
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig): 248
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig, 6 edition): 263
The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley): 115
The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson): 571
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig): 350
Tuttle Kanji Cards: 54
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