Vita:前

Parts

前 290 in front
- 丷 * horns
- 刖 * butcher
  - 月 13 flesh (month, meat, moon, part of the body)
  - ⺉ * saber (sabre)
    - 刀 83 sword (dagger)
    - ⊖ * something taken away

Usage in other kanji

前 290 in front
- 揃 2255 muster

KANJIDIC Entry

前 4130 U524d B12 C18 G2 S9 F27 N595 V490 H2266 DK1453 L290 K38 O921 DO139 MN2011X MP2.0272 E159 IN47 DS102 DH177 DT182 DC53 DJ29 DB2.3 DG196 P2-3-6 I2o7.3 Q8022.1 DR943 ZPP2-2-7 Yqian2 Wjeon ゼンまえ -まえ T1 さきさとまい {in front} {before}

EDICT Entries

お前 [おまえ] / (n) (1) (fam) you (sing) / (2) presence (of a high personage) / (P) /

以前 [いぜん] / (n-adv,n-t) ago / since / before / previous / (P) /
一人前 [いちにんまえ] / (n) (1) adult / full manhood or womanhood / (2) one helping / one portion / (P) /
駅前 [えきまえ] / (n) in front of station / (P) /
気前 [きまえ] / (n) generosity / (P) /
紀元前 [きげんぜん] / (n-adv,n-t) pre-era / BC / BCE / (P) /
空前 [くうぜん] / (adj-no,n) unprecedented / record-breaking / (P) /
建て前 [たてまえ] / (n) face / official stance / public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) / (P) /
建前 [たてまえ] / (n) face / official stance / public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) / (P) /
午前 [ごぜん] / (n-adv,n-t) morning / a.m. / (P) /
御前 [おまえ] / (n) (1) (fam) you (sing) / (2) presence (of a high personage) / (P) /
左前 [ひだりまえ] / (n) downward course / being badly off / wearing a kimono with the right side tucked under the left / (P) /
最前線 [さいぜんせん] / (n) foremost line / (P) /
最前列 [さいぜんれつ] / (n) front row / (P) /
事前 [じぜん] / (adj-no,n) prior / beforehand / in advance / (P) /
持ち前 [もちまえ] / (n) one's nature / characteristic / (P) /
自前 [じまえ] / (n) at one's own expense / (P) /
手前 [てまえ] / (n) before / this side / we / you / (P) /
出前 [でまえ] / (n) catering / meal delivery service / (P) /
人前 [にんまえ] / (n) portion of food / (P) /
人前 [ひとまえ] / (n) the public / company / (P) /
寸前 [すんぜん] / (n) on the verge / just in front of / (P) /
生前 [せいぜん] / (n-adv,n-t) while alive / during one's lifetime / (P) /
戦前 [せんぜん] / (n-adv,n-t) pre-war days / (P) /
前 [ぜん] / (n-adv,n,n-suf,pref) before / ago / former / previous / one-time / the above / (P) /
前 [まえ] / (n-adv,n-t,suf) (1) before / in front / fore part / ago / previously / (2) head (of a line) / (3) in the presence of / lady (so-and-so) / (4) (five minutes) to / (5) helping / portion / (P) /
前々 [まえまえ] / (n) beforehand / for a long time / (P) /
前もって [まえもって] / (adv) in advance / beforehand / previously / (P) /
前衛 [ぜんえい] / (n) advance guard / vanguard / (P) /
前回 [ぜんかい] / (n-adv,n-t) last time / last installment / last instalment / last session / (P) /
前期 [ぜんき] / (n-adv,n-t) first term / first half-year / preceding period / early period / (P) /
前記 [ぜんき] / (adj-no,n) aforesaid / above-mentioned / said / above / (P) /
前後 [ぜんご] / (n-adv,suf) around / throughout / front and back / before and behind / before and after / about that (time) / longitudinal / context / nearly / approximately / (P) /
前向き [まえむき] / (adj-na,n) facing forward / positively / (P) /
前者 [ぜんしゃ] / (n) the former / (P) /
前借り [まえがり] / (n) advance (in pay) / loan / (P) /
前週 [ぜんしゅう] / (n-adv,n-t) (arch) last week / the week before / (P) /
前書き [まえがき] / (n) preface / preamble / (P) /
前哨戦 [ぜんしょうせん] / (n) skirmish / prefinals (in games) / (P) /
前触れ [まえぶれ] / (n) previous notice / herald / harbinger / portent / (P) /
前身 [ぜんしん] / (n) antecedents / ancestor / previous position / previous existence / predecessor organization / predecessor organisation / (P) /
前進 [ぜんしん] / (n) advance / drive / progress / (P) /
前線 [ぜんせん] / (n) front line / (weather) front / (P) /
前代未聞 [ぜんだいみもん] / (n) unheard-of / unprecedented / unparalleled in history (unparallelled) / record-breaking / (P) /
前置き [まえおき] / (n) preface / introduction / (P) /
前兆 [ぜんちょう] / (n) omen / portent / sign / premonition / harbinger / (P) /
前庭 [ぜんてい] / (n) front garden / front yard / (P) /
前提 [ぜんてい] / (n) preamble / premise / reason / prerequisite / (P) /
前途 [ぜんと] / (n) future prospects / outlook / the journey ahead / (P) /
前倒し [まえだおし] / (n) acceleration (of payment schedule) / (P) /
前頭 [まえがしら] / (n) rank-and-file wrestlers in sumo's highest division / (P) /
前日 [ぜんじつ] / (n-adv,n-t) previous day / the day before / (P) /
前年 [ぜんねん] / (n-adv,n-t) the preceding year / last year / (P) /
前年度 [ぜんねんど] / (n-adv,n) preceding fiscal year / (P) /
前売り [まえうり] / (n) advance sale / booking / (P) /
前売り券 [まえうりけん] / (n) ticket sold in advance / (P) /
前半 [ぜんはん] / (n) first half / (P) /
前半戦 [ぜんはんせん] / (n) first half of the game or match / (P) /
前部 [ぜんぶ] / (n) front part / fore / front / (P) /
前払い [まえばらい] / (n) payment in advance / (P) /
前文 [ぜんぶん] / (n) preamble / the above statement / (P) /
前方 [ぜんぽう] / (n) forward / frontward / (P) /
前方後円墳 [ぜんぽうこうえんふん] / (n) ancient Imperial graves / (P) /
前面 [ぜんめん] / (n) front part / frontage / facade / (P) /
前夜 [ぜんや] / (n-adv,n-t) last night / the previous night / (P) /
前略 [ぜんりゃく] / (n) first part omitted / salutation of brief letter / (P) /
前例 [ぜんれい] / (n) precedent / (P) /
前歴 [ぜんれき] / (n) personal history / (P) /
大前提 [だいぜんてい] / (n) major premise / principle / (P) /
男前 [おとこまえ] / (n) handsome man / (P) /
中前 [ちゅうぜん] / (n) front of center field / front of centre field / (P) /
昼前 [ひるまえ] / (n-adv,n-t) forenoon / just before noon / (P) /
直前 [ちょくぜん] / (n-adv,n-t) just before / (P) /
当たり前 [あたりまえ] / (adj-na,adj-no,n) usual / common / ordinary / natural / reasonable / obvious / (P) /
当り前 [あたりまえ] / (adj-na,adj-no,n) usual / common / ordinary / natural / reasonable / obvious / (P) /
二人前 [ふたりまえ] / (adj-no) for two people / (work) of two / (meals) for two / (P) /
分け前 [わけまえ] / (n) share / portion / quota / cut / (P) /
名前 [なまえ] / (n) name / (P) /
目の前 [めのまえ] / (n) before one's eyes / immediate / imminent / (P) /
目前 [もくぜん] / (n) before your very eyes / (P) /
門前 [もんぜん] / (n) before a gate / (P) /
門前払い [もんぜんばらい] / (n) turning another away at the gate or front door / refusing to receive a caller / (P) /
腕前 [うでまえ] / (n) ability / skill / facility / (P) /

Decomposition

Once

前 => 䒑, 刖

Radical

前 => 丷 (eight/divide) , 一 (one) , 月 (moon) , 刂 (knife)

Graphical

前 => 丷,一,冂,二,亅,丨

Pinyin & Meaning

qian2 - front/forward/ahead/ago/before/first/former/formerly/future/BC (e.g. 前293年)

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