EntryCommonJLPT N2WaniKani 32
  1. Noun

    ancestor; forefather; foremother

    ある出来事を記念したり先祖の伝説を伝えるために建てられたものであった。
    They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
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Characters in this word

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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
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ancestor, pioneer, founder

On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1226 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
3721.0Four corner code
673deroo
7956Unicode hex code
1-33-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3243Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4083New Nelson (John Haig)
914New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1145Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
617Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1779Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1918Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1325A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
850Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
540Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24664PMorohashi
736A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
657sakade
772Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
758henshall3
701Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
824Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1795Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level