Kanji1 / 9
前 kanji
in front, before
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゼン
Kun readings
まえ-まえ
Words with 前
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —前輪front wheel; saddle fork
- —前腕forearm
- —前編first part (of a book, film, etc.); first volume; prequel
- —従前previous; former
- —御前presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
- —墓前in front of a grave
- —現前before one's eyes
- —産前before childbirth; prepartum; antepartum
- —霊前before the spirit of the deceased
- —神前before god; before an altar
- —眼前before one's eyes
- —風前where the wind blows
- —庭前garden
- —前傾forward inclination (of the body); bending forward; anteversion
- —前轍wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
- —前月last month; previous month
- —前作previous work; preceding work; previous title; previous release; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
- —前王former king; late king
- —前転forward somersault; forward roll
- —前職last position; previous job; predecessor