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
- —大先輩someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
- —行優先row-major (e.g. vector)
- —列優先column-major (e.g. vector)
- —先駆的pioneering; path-breaking; trailblazing
- —先遣隊advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
- —先発品original drug; originator drug
- —先々代the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
- —大先生great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
- —先住権indigenous rights; aboriginal rights
- —後の先counterattack; striking one's opponent immediately after defending an incoming attack
- —先の先striking just before one's opponent makes a move
- —対の先striking one's opponent while defending from their attack
- —懸の先seizing the initiative by attacking first
- —待の先seizing the initiative by counterattacking
- —先制点first goal; first point
- —もう先a long time ago; long ago
- —先見性prescience
- —先発薬original drug; originator drug
- —逆先手reverse sente; move that is sente if played by the opponent but gote for the one playing it
- —両先手double sente; move that is sente for either player