EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    head start; initiative; preemption

    先制の一撃をすれば半分勝ったようなものだ。
    The first blow is half the battle.
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Characters in this word

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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

system, law, rule

On
セイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
108 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-2SKIP code
2f6.1The Kanji Dictionary
2220.0Four corner code
2443deroo
5236Unicode hex code
1-32-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
683Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
481New Nelson (John Haig)
1274New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1624Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
854Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
418Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
447Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
656Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
635Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1961Morohashi
722A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
427Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
433Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
823sakade
357Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
744henshall3
689Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
161crowley
687Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
193Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
425Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi4Pinyin reading
jeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level