前
前 — jeon
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 앞 전
- Romanization
- jeon
- English
- in front, forward; preceding
- Mandarin
- qián
- Japanese on'yomi
- ゼン, セン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- まえ -まえ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #27 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刀 (18, 7 residual)
- Unicode
- U+524D
Korean example words with 前
- 묘전墓前 Korean gloss: 무덤 앞
- 월전月前 Korean gloss: 달포 전
- 일전日前 Korean gloss: 며칠 전
- 문전門前 Korean gloss: 문의 앞쪽
- 신전神前 Korean gloss: 신령의 앞
- 어전御前 Korean gloss: 임금의 앞
- 역전驛前 Korean gloss: 역의 앞쪽
- 연전年前 Korean gloss: 몇 해 전
- 전년前年 Korean gloss: 지나간 해
- 전고前古 Korean gloss: 지나간 옛날
- 전대前代 Korean gloss: 지나간 시대
- 전력前歷 Korean gloss: 과거의 경력
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 前
- 午前ごぜん morning; a.m.
- 前年ぜんねん the preceding year; the previous year; last year
- 前回ぜんかい previous time; last time; previous installment
- 前提ぜんてい condition; assumption; prerequisite
- 直前ちょくぜん just before; just prior to; right in front of
- 名前なまえ name; given name; first name
- 前半ぜんはん first half
- 前日ぜんじつ previous day; day before; eve
- 以前いぜん before; prior to; ago
- 事前じぜん prior; beforehand; in advance
- 前年度ぜんねんど preceding fiscal year
- 戦前せんぜん pre-war days; before the war
Characters sharing the phonetic 前
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 “전” in Korean.
Other hanja read “전”
Other hanja with radical 刀
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