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先xiān前qián

  1. before; previously

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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先
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beforehand; first; earlier, at first; originally, for the time being; for now, (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

Pinyin
xiān
Strokes
6
Frequency
295 of 2500
Words starting with 先Words ending in 先Anywhere in a word
前
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly

Pinyin
qián
Strokes
9
Frequency
256 of 2500
Words starting with 前Words ending in 前Anywhere in a word