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先xiān鞭biān

  1. to be the first; to lead the way

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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
鞭
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

whip or lash, to flog, to whip, conductor's baton, segmented iron weapon (old), penis (of animal, served as food)

Pinyin
biān
Strokes
18
Frequency
18042 of 2500
Words starting with 鞭Words ending in 鞭Anywhere in a word