Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'su' ending

    to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

    私は今日自分の申込書を上司に提出するつもりだったが、彼に先を越されてしまった。
    I was going to hand in my application form to the boss today, but he beat me to the punch.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

Kun
さきま.ず
On
セン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
173 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

ぽん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-4-2SKIP code
3b3.7The Kanji Dictionary
2421.1Four corner code
2457deroo
5148Unicode hex code
1-32-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
571Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
350New Nelson (John Haig)
2394New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3046Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
248Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
263Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
201A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
280Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
65Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1349Morohashi
49A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
50Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33sakade
16Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
43henshall3
54Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
115crowley
48Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
145Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
254Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xian1Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam

Kun
こ.す-こ.す-ご.しこ.える-ご.え
On
エツオツ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
897 of 2500
Radical
run
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

えちえっこえこしごえごしごや

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-7-5SKIP code
4n8.2The Kanji Dictionary
4380.5Four corner code
1470deroo
8d8aUnicode hex code
1-17-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4542Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5851New Nelson (John Haig)
3314New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4108Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2085Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2825Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
387Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
413Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
529A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2052Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1021Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37110Morohashi
1021A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1001Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1038Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
934Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1588Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1073Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1756Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
393Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yue4Pinyin reading
weol, hwalKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level