Entry
  1. Noun

    vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment

    Military

  2. vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde; leader

Also written 先兵【せんぺい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

be pointed, sharp, taper, displeased, angry, edgy

Kun
とが.るさきするど.い
On
セン
Strokes
6
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2133 of 2500
Radical
small

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3n3.1The Kanji Dictionary
9043.0Four corner code
5c16Unicode hex code
1-32-77JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1357Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1393New Nelson (John Haig)
2176New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2700Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1864Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2903Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2912Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7480Morohashi
jian1Pinyin reading
cheomKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

Kun
つわもの
On
ヘイヒョウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
522 of 2500
Radical
eight
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-5-2SKIP code
2o5.6The Kanji Dictionary
7280.1Four corner code
2661deroo
5175Unicode hex code
1-42-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
201Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
374New Nelson (John Haig)
2551New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3158Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2207Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1331Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1429Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
447A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
499Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
396Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1462Morohashi
578A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
784Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
798Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
712sakade
343Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
606henshall3
489Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
243crowley
994Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
155Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1343Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bing1Pinyin reading
byeongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level