Hanja Analyzer
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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