EntryCommonWaniKani 44
  1. Noun, Noun, used as a suffix

    just before; on the verge of; on the brink of

    彼の古い車はポンコツ寸前。
    His old car is on its last legs.
  2. just in front of; just ahead of

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small

On
スン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1669 of 2500
Radical
inch
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Used in names as

す、みき

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-2-1, 4-3-3SKIP code
0a3.17The Kanji Dictionary
4030.0Four corner code
1448deroo
5bf8Unicode hex code
1-32-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1348Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1372New Nelson (John Haig)
2935New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3652Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1864Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2541Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
45Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
45Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1523A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
34Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1045Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7411Morohashi
909A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1894Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2070Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1220Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
920henshall3
828Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
499Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
45Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cun4Pinyin reading
chonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani 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