EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    advance guard; vanguard

    see 後衛

    駄目だよ。君、背が高いんだから前衛に来てくれないと。
    That's no good! You're tall so you've got to be in the forward defence.
  2. avant-garde

  3. forward (player)

    Sports

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

defense, protection

On
エイ
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
400 of 2500
Radical
go
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

もりまもる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-13SKIP code
3i13.3The Kanji Dictionary
2150.6, 2122.1Four corner code
2053deroo
885bUnicode hex code
1-17-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1639Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1776New Nelson (John Haig)
760New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
938Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
526Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
686Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1646Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1775Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
394A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2452Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
686Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34073Morohashi
617A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
815Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
834Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
551sakade
1722Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
646henshall3
813Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
287crowley
780Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1617Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1661Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wei4Pinyin reading
wiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level