前 – Kanji details

Keyword

in front of

Info

Frequency	Top 100
Type	Kyōiku (2nd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 9
Heisig	309
Readings	まえ (67%) まい (19%) ぜん (13%)
	ぜさきめぇめえせん

Composed of

䒑

antlers on a wall

刖

cutting off a leg as punishment

Mnemonic

If you're going to cut off someone's leg as a punishment in a gruesome ritual then you might as well do that in front of a creepy pair of antlers on a wall, right?

Used in kanji (5 in total)

make a full set

dry-roasted

pruning

arrow shaft

Used in vocabulary (837 in total)

前まえ

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

名な前まえ

name; given name; first name

お前まえ

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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Examples (200 in total)

これ、前まえも見みたよ。

I've seen this before.

これって、前まえにも言いったけ？

Have I told you this before?

前まえにもあったよ。

It happened before.

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