EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

    君は煙草を吸うのをやめるのが先決だ。
    First, you have to stop smoking.
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Characters in this word

2
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

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

Kun
き.める-ぎ.めき.まるさ.く
On
ケツ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
71 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3a4.6The Kanji Dictionary
3513.0Four corner code
363deroo
6c7aUnicode hex code
1-23-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2509Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3070New Nelson (John Haig)
263New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
308Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
197Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1641Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1770Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
94A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
402Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
230Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17174Morohashi
271A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
356Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
357Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
202sakade
667Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
289henshall3
281Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
138crowley
277Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
1163Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1656Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jue2Pinyin reading
gyeolKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level