Entry
  1. Noun

    previous work; preceding work; previous title; previous release

    この彼の小説は、前作より劣っています。
    This novel of his is inferior to the previous one.
  2. first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

in front, before

Kun
まえ-まえ
On
ゼン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
27 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

さきさとまい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-6, 2-2-7SKIP code
2o7.3The Kanji Dictionary
8022.1Four corner code
943deroo
524dUnicode hex code
1-33-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
595Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
490New Nelson (John Haig)
2266New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2819Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
290Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
38A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
921Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
139Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2011XMorohashi
159A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
47Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102sakade
23Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
177henshall3
182Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
53crowley
29Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
196Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
296Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian2Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

make, production, prepare, build

Kun
つく.るつく.り-づく.り
On
サク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
103 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

くりさかさっづくりともなおはぎまさか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-5SKIP code
2a5.10The Kanji Dictionary
2821.1Four corner code
2154deroo
4f5cUnicode hex code
1-26-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
167New Nelson (John Haig)
68New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
77Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1142Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
99A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
362Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
147Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
518Morohashi
127A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
360Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82sakade
116Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
141henshall3
144Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
120crowley
137Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.4busy_people
75Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1151Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zuo1, zuo4, zuo2Pinyin reading
jag, ja, juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level