EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Adverb (fukushi)

    pre-war days; before the war

    戦前、ヨーロッパへ行きました。
    I went to Europe before the war.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

war, battle, match

Kun
いくさたたか.うおのの.くそよ.ぐわなな.く
On
セン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
78 of 2500
Radical
spear
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-9-4SKIP code
4n9.2The Kanji Dictionary
3355.0, 9355.0Four corner code
959deroo
6226Unicode hex code
1-32-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1810Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2037New Nelson (John Haig)
1787New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2242Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1169Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1929Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2079Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
88A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
399Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11631PMorohashi
526A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
301Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
301Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448sakade
550Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
555henshall3
608Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
32crowley
360Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
839Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1948Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhan4Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani 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