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: 儿
Radical: 儿
Reading: ひとあし
Meaning: legs
Strokes: 2
先生(せんせい) teacher, master, doctor
先週(せんしゅう) last week
先月(せんげつ) last month
先学期(せんがっき) last semester
先輩(せんぱい) senior (at work or school)
先(さき) point, end, front, lead, former
店先(みせさき) store front
*先ず(まず) first (of all)
先 (セン) former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move
先駆 (センク) forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
機先 (キセン) forestall
互先 (タガイセン) even game (esp. in go)
先 (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
先行き (さきゆき) the future, future prospects
小手先 (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
矛先 (ほこさき) point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
先ず (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
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: 儿
Radical: 儿
Reading: ひとあし
Meaning: legs
Strokes: 2
先生(せんせい) teacher, master, doctor
先週(せんしゅう) last week
先月(せんげつ) last month
先学期(せんがっき) last semester
先輩(せんぱい) senior (at work or school)
先(さき) point, end, front, lead, former
店先(みせさき) store front
*先ず(まず) first (of all)
先 (セン) former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move
先駆 (センク) forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
機先 (キセン) forestall
互先 (タガイセン) even game (esp. in go)
先 (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
先行き (さきゆき) the future, future prospects
小手先 (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
矛先 (ほこさき) point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
先ず (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