IDENTITY
前qiánfront; before
HSK 1Top 150
CORE MEANING
front; before
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.frontHSK1
- 2.before; agoHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 刂knife radical (dāo)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱䒑刖
- cutting; moving forward
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
前面qiánmiànfront
以前yǐqiánbefore
前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
Graded examples
我在前面等你。Wǒ zài qiánmiàn děng nǐ.HSK2
I will wait for you up ahead.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 剪
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A boat (月) cutting (刂) forward on the water — ahead, before.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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