This kanji has a kunyoumi or Japanese reading of: まえ, and it has an onyoumi or Chinese reading of: ゼン. This character has the meanings: in front, before, or front. This character is made up of the following radicals or parts: the lid radical which is just two ten or dots followed by いち or one, the meat or flesh radical on the left, known as にくづき, and the knife or sword radical 刀 (刂) on the right, known as りっとう. You can remember this kanji by the following hint: Before cooking, one needs to cut the vegetables and meat 月 with a knife 刂. Our example sentence is: ３年前に東京へ来ました。３ねんまえにとうきょうへきました。I came to Tokyo three years ago.

Grade

Kun

On

Meaning

Strokes

Example Sentence

JLPT N5

まえ

ゼン

in front, before, front

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３年前に東京へ来ました。

３ねんまえにとうきょうへきました。

I came to Tokyo three years ago.