This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ゼン、まえ、-まえ
Romaji: zen, mae, -mae
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: さき、さと、まい
Romaji: saki, sato, mai
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Meanings

in front, before

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  12
Frequency:  27
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-3-6
Korean Reading:  jeon
Chinese Reading:  qian2
Unicode:  524d
JIS:  4130

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2266
Nelson Index: 595
New Nelson Index: 490
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2o7.3
Four Corner Index: 8022.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 159
Gakken Index: 38
Japanese Names Index: 921
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2011X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0272
Remembering the kanji Index: 290
Busy People Index: 2.3
Kanji Way Index: 53
Kanji Flashcards Index: 23
Kodansha Compact Index: 196
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 177
Kanji in Context Index: 29
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1453
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1957
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 296
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 309
Essential Kanji Index: 139
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2819
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 943
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 102
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 182

Words

(さき)
previous; prior; former; 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
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
前後 (ぜんご)
front and rear; front and back; before and behind; before and after; order; context; consequences; inversion; reversion; getting out of order; co-occurring; around; about; approximately; nearly
前身 (ぜんしん)
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
紀元前 (きげんぜん)
pre-era; BC; BCE
(ぜん)
the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former; pre- (e.g. "premodern"); before; earlier
以前 (いぜん)
ago; since; before; previous
前作 (ぜんさく、まえさく)
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
駅前 (えきまえ)
in front of station
前述 (ぜんじゅつ)
aforementioned; above-mentioned
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