EntryCommon
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    unprecedented; record-breaking

    これは空前の大事件として歴史に残るでしょう。
    This will go down in history as the greatest event that has ever taken place.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

Kun
そらあ.くあ.きあ.けるからす.くす.かすむな.しい
On
クウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
304 of 2500
Radical
cave
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

うつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-5, 2-5-3SKIP code
3m5.12The Kanji Dictionary
3010.1Four corner code
772deroo
7a7aUnicode hex code
1-22-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3317Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4192New Nelson (John Haig)
2227New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2767Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1317Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
233A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
723Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25415Morohashi
15A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
140Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65sakade
77Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
66henshall3
73Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
304crowley
461Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
1452Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1327Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kong1, kong4Pinyin reading
gongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
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