先 : Before

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Components:

儿

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

On 'yomi:

セン(sen)

Kun 'yomi:

さき(saki) ま.ず(ma.zu)

Nanori:

ぽん(pon)

Strokes:	6
Radical:	儿 (10)
Usage Rating:	173

JLPT:	N5
old JLPT:	4
Grade:	1

Unicode:	05148
jis208:	32-72

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先 Usage examples

旅行先(りょこうさき)	destination
先住(せんじゅう)	previous priest or resident
先に通す(さきにとおす)	to let (a person) pass first
先の総理大臣(さきのそうりだいじん)	former prime minister
差し出し先(さしだしさき)	address
先取点を挙げる(せんしゅてんをあげる)	to score the first point
先生方(せんせいがた)	doctors, teachers
先生に就く(せんせいにつく)	to study under (a teacher)
先生の述(せんせいのじゅつ)	teachers statement (expounding)
先先週(せんせんしゅう) 先々週(せんせんしゅう)	week before last
先祖の位牌(せんぞのいはい)	ancestral tablet
先着順(せんちゃくじゅん)	order of arrival, first-come-first-served basis
先頭伍(せんとうご)	leading file
先輩風を吹かす(せんぱいかぜをふかす)	to put on a patronizing air
先を越す(せんをこす)	to take the initiative, to forestall, to beat to the punch
嫁ぎ先(とつぎさき)	family a woman has married into
話の先(はなしのさき)	sequel of a story
先端支持力(せんたんしじりょく)	end bearing capacity
高優先(こうゆうせん)	high priority
主要部先導型(しゅようぶせんどうがた)	head-initial
先行詞(せんこうし)	antecedent
先行条件(せんこうじょうけん)	antecedent condition
手羽先(てばさき)	(tip section of) chicken wing, second segment of chicken wing
照会先(しょうかいさき)	reference
先行投資(せんこうとうし)	prior investment
先陣争い(せんじんあらそい)	competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)
先制攻撃(せんせいこうげき)	preemptive attack (strike)
送付先(そうふさき)	addressee
転送先(てんそうさき)	forwarding address
問い合わせ先(といあわせさき) 問合せ先(といあわせさき) 問合先(といあわせさき)	reference (e.g. personal reference)
優先事項(ゆうせんじこう)	priority matter
優先席(ゆうせんせき)	priority seat, courtesy seat, seat provided in trains, buses, etc. for the use of the disabled, young children, the elderly, pregnant women, etc.
先史(せんし)	prehistory
舳先(へさき)	bow (e.g. of a ship), prow
鋭先形(えいせんけい)	acuminate (i.e. sharp shape of leaf), apiculate
先を急ぐ(さきをいそぐ)	to hurry, to hasten
一寸先は闇(いっすんさきはやみ)	No one knows what the future holds, The future is a closed book
先回(せんかい)	last time, the last, the preceding
工業先進国(こうぎょうせんしんこく)	industrialized countries, industrialised countries
国債先物(こくさいさきもの)	government bond futures
商品先物取引(しょうひんさきものとりひき)	commodity futures
先行指数(せんこうしすう)	leading indicator
先端医療技術(せんたんいりょうぎじゅつ)	state-of-the-art medical technology
先天的障害(せんてんてきしょうがい)	birth defect
先発メンバー(せんぱつメンバー)	starting line-up
先物市場(さきものしじょう)	futures market, forward market
爪先立つ(つまさきだつ) つま先立つ(つまさきだつ)	to stand on tiptoes
先述(せんじゅつ)	aforesaid, aforementioned
現先(げんさき)	repurchase (esp. bonds, debt, etc.), buy-back
現先取引(げんさきとりひき)	transaction with repurchase agreement
先祖代代(せんぞだいだい)	ancestral, hereditary, generation after generation, passing from father to son