EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 7
  1. Noun, used as a suffix

    before; prior to; ago

    最善を尽くしますが、よくいっても木曜以前に終える事は出来ません。
    I'll do my best, but I'll not be able to finish it before Thursday at best.
  2. Noun, Adverb (fukushi)

    the past; before; previously; former times

Also written 已前【いぜん】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

by means of, because, in view of, compared with

Kun
もっ.て
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
126 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

もち

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-3, 1-3-2SKIP code
0a5.1The Kanji Dictionary
2810.0Four corner code
1262deroo
4ee5Unicode hex code
1-16-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
348Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
109New Nelson (John Haig)
41New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
45Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
25Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
26Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1028Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1105Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
157A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
134Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
221Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
388Morohashi
419A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
46Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
46Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
342sakade
112Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
443henshall3
446Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
118crowley
420Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.10busy_people
43Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1037Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi3Pinyin reading
iKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani 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