先 — ahead/before

Grade 1 kanji · 6 strokes · on'yomi sen · kun'yomi saki.

Legs (儿) going ahead — a person's legs striding forward into the future.

Example words

• 先生 — sensei — teacher
• 先週 — senshuu — last week

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