The kanji 前: meaning, readings and stroke order

前

Meaning: front, before
On reading: ゼン zen
Kun reading: まえ mae
Strokes: 9
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phía trước, trước (tiền)
Japanese: まえ。
Korean: 앞, 전 (전)
Chinese: 前面、以前

Readings, words and example sentences

ゼン zen · on reading

午ご前ぜん
morning, a.m.
午ご前ぜん中に買いものをします。
I go shopping in the morning.

まえ mae · kun reading

前まえ
front
家の 前まえに池があります。
There is a pond in front of the house.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.