先 — seon

Korean example words with 先

• 행선行先 Korean gloss: 가는 곳
• 선통先通 Korean gloss: 미리 알림
• 선군先軍 Korean gloss: 군이 우선함
• 선대先代 Korean gloss: 조상의 세대
• 선령先靈 Korean gloss: 선조의 영혼
• 선묘先墓 Korean gloss: 조상의 무덤
• 선민先民 Korean gloss: 선대의 사람
• 선산先山 Korean gloss: 조상의 무덤
• 선세先世 Korean gloss: 조상의 세대
• 선왕先王 Korean gloss: 선대의 임금
• 선객先客 Korean gloss: 먼저 온 손님
• 선등先等 Korean gloss: 남보다 먼저 함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 先

• 先月せんげつ last month
• 先生せんせい teacher; instructor; master
• 先進国せんしんこく developed country; advanced country
• 優先ゆうせん preference; priority; precedence
• 先発せんぱつ starting in advance; starting first; going first
• 先にさきに previously; before; earlier
• 先頭せんとう head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead
• 先進せんしん advanced; developed; seniority
• 先週せんしゅう last week; the week before
• 先輩せんぱい senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder
• 先行せんこう going ahead; going first; preceding
• 先日せんじつ the other day; a few days ago

Characters sharing the phonetic 先

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “선” in Korean.

Other hanja read “선”

Other hanja with radical 儿