Kanji
Grade 1 - 先
Kanji character Grade 1 先. Writing practice along
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About |
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Kun: さき、 ま.ず
On: セン
6 strokes
Radical: legs 儿
Parts: ノ 儿 土 |
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Onyomi |
先 【セン】 former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.),
opening move
先駆 【センク】 forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
機先 【キセン】 forestall
互先 【タガイセン】 even game (esp. in go) |
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Kunyomi |
先 【さき】 previous, prior, former, first, earlier, some time ago,
preceding, point (e.g. pencil), tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line),
front, ahead, the other side, the future, hereafter, destination,
the other party
先行き 【さきゆき】 the future, future prospects
小手先 【こてさき】 tip of the hand, (use of) one's hands, cheap trick,
superficial wit, superficial cleverness, cheap, makeshift (e.g.
measures), shortsighted, perfunctory, halfhearted
矛先 【ほこさき】 point of spear, spearhead, brunt, aim of attack, force of
argument
先ず 【まず】 first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything
else, probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually, more or
less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably, anyway, at any rate,
for now (at least), for the time being |
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