前

Information about character(s)

Radical: 刀
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiǎn, jiǎn
Cantonese: cin4
JapaneseKun: MAE SUSUMU
JapaneseOn: ZEN SEN
Korean: CEN
Vietnamese: tiền

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: in front, forward; preceding

CE-Dict: front/forward/ahead/ago/before/first/former/formerly/future/BC (e.g. 前293年)

Soothill: pūrva (पूर्व). Before; former, previous; in front.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Front, fore part, head, ahead, the facing. (2) Before, prior; previously, ago, up till now. (pu^rva) (3) A while ago, a long time ago. Originally, former, previous.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.front
2.forward
3.former
4.ago; before
5.the preceding; the foregoing

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: former; forward; front; preceding; priority
【醫】 a.; ante-; antero-; fore-; pro-; proso-; ventri-; ventro-

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: former; forward; front; preceding; restrain

湘雅醫學專業詞典: a.;ante;ante-;antero-;fore;pro-;proso-;ventro-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《止部》前不行而進謂之歬。从止在舟上。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【刀字部】前
〔古文〕歬𣦃【唐韻】昨先切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】才先切，𠀤音錢。【增韻】前，後之對。又進也。【廣韻】先也。又【禮·檀弓】我未之前聞也。【註】猶故也。又【儀禮·特牲】祝前主人降。【註】前猶導也。又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤子淺切，湔上聲。【說文】齊斷也。俗作剪。又【正韻】淺黑色。【周禮·春官·巾車】木路前樊，鵠纓。【註】前，讀爲緇翦之翦。淺黑也。又【韻補】叶慈鄰切，淨平聲。【劉向·九歎】陸魁堆以蔽視兮，雲冥冥而暗前。山峻高以無垠兮，遂曾閎而廹身。

Buddhism words and phrases front

Japanese Places Mae (loc)

CF-Dict: avant/devant/précédent/ancien/pré-

Han-De-Dict: vor, vorne, bevor (u.E.)