Vita:先

Parts

• 先 248 before
  • 牛 245 cow
  • ⼉ * human legs

Usage in other kanji

• 先 248 before
  • 洗 249 wash
  • 銑 270 pig-iron

KANJIDIC Entry

• 先 4068 U5148 B10 G1 S6 F173 N571 V350 H2394 DK1552 L248 K201 O280 DO65 MN1349 MP1.1003 E49 IN50 DS33 DH43 DT54 DC115 DJ48 DB2.18 DG145 P2-4-2 I3b3.7 Q2421.1 DR2457 Yxian1 Wseon セン さき ま.ず T1 ぽん {before} {ahead} {previous} {future} {precedence}

EDICT Entries

ペン先 [ペンさき] / (n) pen nibs / (P) /

• 宛先 [あてさき] / (n) address / destination / (P) /
• 勤め先 [つとめさき] / (n) place of work / (P) /
• 軒先 [のきさき] / (n) edge of the eaves / house frontage / (P) /
• 口先 [くちさき] / (n) lips / mouth / snout / proboscis / professions / lip service / mere words / (P) /
• 行き先 [いきさき] / (n) (1) destination / (2) whereabouts / address / (P) /
• 最先端 [さいせんたん] / (adj-no,n) (1) leading edge / at the forefront / (2) ultra-fine / (P) /
• 指先 [ゆびさき] / (n) fingertip / (P) /
• 春先 [はるさき] / (n-adv,n-t) beginning of spring / (P) /
• 小手先 [こてさき] / (n) (superficial) cleverness / (P) /
• 真っ先 [まっさき] / (n) the head / the foremost / beginning / (P) /
• 刃先 [はさき] / (n) edge of blade / (P) /
• 先 [さき] / (adj-no,n,n-suf,pref) (1) previous / prior / former / (2) point (e.g., pencil) / tip / end / nozzle / head (of a line) / (3) destination / (4) the first priority / the future / objective / sequel / remainder / the other party / (P) /
• 先々 [さきざき] / (n-adv,n-t) (1) distant future / inevitable future / (2) places one goes to / (P) /
• 先ず [まず] / (adv) (1) first (of all) / to start with / about / almost / anyway / well / now / (2) hardly (with neg. verb) / (P) /
• 先だって [せんだって] / (n-adv,n-t) recently / the other day / (P) /
• 先に [さきに] / (adv,n) before / earlier than / ahead / beyond / away / previously / recently / (P) /
• 先安 [さきやす] / (n) lower future quotations / (P) /
• 先駆 [せんく] / (n) (1) forerunner / pioneer / outrider / precursor / (2) herald / (3) pilot car / (P) /
• 先駆け [さきがけ] / (n) charging ahead of others / the first to charge / pioneer / forerunner / harbinger / (P) /
• 先駆ける [さきがける] / (v1) to be the first / (P) /
• 先決 [せんけつ] / (n,vs) (1) previous decision / predetermination / (2) (top) priority / (P) /
• 先月 [せんげつ] / (n-adv,n-t) last month / (P) /
• 先見 [せんけん] / (n) foresight / anticipation / (P) /
• 先遣 [せんけん] / (n,vs) sending ahead / (P) /
• 先行 [せんこう] / (n,vs) preceding / going first / (P) /
• 先行き [さきいき] / (n) the future / (P) /
• 先頃 [さきごろ] / (n-adv,n-t) recently / the other day / (P) /
• 先取 [せんしゅ] / (n,vs) earning the first (runs) / preoccupation / (P) /
• 先取り [さきどり] / (n,vs) receiving in advance / taking before others / (P) /
• 先手 [せんて] / (n) (1) the first move / forestalling / initiative / (2) black player (shogi) / (P) /
• 先週 [せんしゅう] / (n-adv,n-t) last week / the week before / (P) /
• 先住 [せんじゅう] / (n) previous priest or resident / (P) /
• 先進 [せんしん] / (n) seniority / advance / leadership / (P) /
• 先進国 [せんしんこく] / (n) advanced (developed) country / advanced nations / (P) /
• 先人 [せんじん] / (n) predecessor / pioneer / ancestor / (P) /
• 先陣 [せんじん] / (n) vanguard / advance guard / (P) /
• 先制 [せんせい] / (n,vs) preempt / head-start (of several runs) (baseball) / (P) /
• 先生 [せんせい] / (n) teacher / master / doctor / (P) /
• 先祖 [せんぞ] / (n) ancestor / (P) /
• 先送り [さきおくり] / (n) postpone / (P) /
• 先代 [せんだい] / (n) family predecessor / previous age / previous generation / (P) /
• 先端 [せんたん] / (n) pointed end / tip / fine point / spearhead / cusp / vanguard / advanced / leading edge / (P) /
• 先着 [せんちゃく] / (n) first arrival / (P) /
• 先程 [さきほど] / (n-adv,n-t) some time ago / (P) /
• 先天的 [せんてんてき] / (adj-na,n) a priori / inborn / innate / inherent / congenital / hereditary / (P) /
• 先頭 [せんとう] / (n) head / lead / vanguard / first / (P) /
• 先導 [せんどう] / (n) guidance / leadership / (P) /
• 先日 [せんじつ] / (n-adv,n-t) the other day / a few days ago / (P) /
• 先入観 [せんにゅうかん] / (n) preconception / prejudice / preoccupation / (P) /
• 先輩 [せんぱい] / (n) senior (at work or school) / superior / elder / older graduate / progenitor / old-timer / (P) /
• 先発 [せんぱつ] / (n,vs) forerunner / advance party / going on ahead / (P) /
• 先般 [せんぱん] / (n-adv,n-t) some time ago / the other day / (P) /
• 先物 [さきもの] / (n) futures / (P) /
• 先方 [せんぽう] / (n) other party (side) / he / she / they / destination / (P) /
• 先例 [せんれい] / (n) precedent / (P) /
• 祖先 [そせん] / (n) ancestor / (P) /
• 送り先 [おくりさき] / (n) forwarding address / (P) /
• 爪先 [つまさき] / (n) tiptoe / (P) /
• 店先 [みせさき] / (n) store front / (P) /
• 得意先 [とくいさき] / (n) favorite customer / favourite customer / (P) /
• 鼻先 [はなさき] / (n) tip of nose / (P) /
• 矛先 [ほこさき] / (n) point of spear / aim of attack / force of argument / (P) /
• 目先 [めさき] / (n) near future / immediate / before one / (P) /
• 矢先 [やさき] / (n) arrowhead / brunt / target / (P) /
• 優先 [ゆうせん] / (n,vs) preference / priority / (P) /
• 優先的 [ゆうせんてき] / (adj-na) preferential / (P) /
• 率先 [そっせん] / (n) taking the initiative / (P) /
• 旅先 [たびさき] / (n) destination / goal / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 188 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 先 => ⺧, 儿

Radical

• 先 => ⺧ (cow) , 儿 (legs)

Graphical

• 先 => ⺧,丿,乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xian1 - early/prior/former/in advance/first

Pronunciation Clues

1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 先
• 先生

Medium Frequency

• 事先
• 优先 (優先)
• 先后 (先後)
• 先进 (先進)
• 先锋 (先鋒)
• 抢先 (搶先)
• 祖先
• 领先 (領先)
• 首先

Appears In

• 先 also appears in:
• 选洗宪酰诜铣跣冼筅詵銑