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先 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「儿」

道
10Elementary year 1 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「儿」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
さきsaki
Meaning
ahead, previous

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A foot (止) above a person — the foot goes ahead, so 'ahead, first.'

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen先方せんぽう先生せんせい率先そっせん
Kunさきsaki先さき先立つさきだつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 先生せんせい

    teacher

  • 先さき

    ahead, tip

More words with this kanji

  • 先頭せんとう
  • 先祖せんぞ
  • 舌先したさき
  • 届け先とどけさき
  • 優先ゆうせん
  • 先端せんたん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

先生(せんせい)が います。

There is a teacher.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

先生先生life兀lofty…元origin允permit兄older…兇wicked川river千thousa…仙hermit占occupy仟thousa…
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Compound

Map of radical 儿Map of reading センAll maps

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