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前 means 'before'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 31   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 2    Beginner lesson: 6   Begins 361 words   Used in 664 words   Used in 3573 names   Component in 15 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゼン
Kun
   まえ before
Additional readings
Name    さき   さと   まい
Components
⿱  䒑 (艸) grass  刖 the body part and the sword  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 前 is used 48 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 前 is used 634 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ゼン : 425 words FIND ALL
ご ぜ ん 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
morning; a.m.
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まえ : 204 words FIND ALL
な ま え 0
noun
1. name; full name  (see also: 名字, 姓)
2. given name; first name
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さき: 5 words. FIND ALL
さ き や ま 0
noun
skilled miner; coal-cutter  (see also: 後山)
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An additional 29 less common words include 前 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 177 (originally: 159)  Joy o' Kanji : 159  Key to Kanji: 643 

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前
ゼン   まえ before   
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刖
the body part and the sword
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⺼
ニク body part   
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
䒑
grass   
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