Kanji1 / 6
先 kanji
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
セン
Kun readings
さきまず
Words with 先
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —共通祖先common ancestor
- —祖先形質plesiomorphy; ancestral character
- —先軍政治Songun; military-first policy of North Korea
- —先行予約advance reservation
- —先頭部隊advance troops; vanguard; advance contingent; leading unit
- —先輩ママ(more) experienced mother
- —先々の先predicting and striking just before one's opponent makes a move (kendo)
- —体々の先answering one's opponent's attack with an unwavering strike
- —先占取得acquisition by occupancy
- —先祖返りreversion; atavism
- —帰先遺伝reversion; atavism
- —優先道路priority road; road on which vehicles have priority at all intersections
- —先行販売pre-order; presale; advance sale
- —先見の目foresight; prescience
- —先例主義following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent
- —自分優先putting oneself first; prioritizing oneself
- —先天異常congenital abnormality; birth defect; congenital disorder
- —先占権者occupant (of unclaimed territory)
- —先哲像伝Pictures of Ancient Wise Men
- —乗降車優先priority to pedestrians