Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

Kunyomi: さき ま.ず

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひとあし

Meaning: legs

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

生(せんせい)   teacher, master, doctor

週(せんしゅう)   last week

月(せんげつ)   last month

学期(せんがっき)   last semester

輩(せんぱい)   senior (at work or school)

(さき)   point, end, front, lead, former

(みせさき)   store front

*ず(まず)   first (of all)

Onyomi Examples

セン former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move

センク forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding

キセン forestall

タガイセン even game (esp. in go)

Kunyomi Examples

さき point, tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line), front, first, before, ahead (of), (the way) ahead, beyond, future, previous, prior, former, recent, last, destination, address, place where you do something, rest (e.g. of a story), continuation, remaining part, the other party

行き さきゆき the future, future prospects

小手 こてさき tip of the hand, (use of) one's hands, cheap trick, superficial wit, superficial cleverness, cheap, makeshift (e.g. measures), shortsighted, perfunctory, halfhearted

ほこさき point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge

まず first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else, probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually, more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably, anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being

まず第一に まずだいいちに first of all, in the first place, to begin with, for starters