EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    paying one's own expenses

    自前で買ったのです。
    She got it at her own expense.
  2. going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

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Characters in this word

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oneself

Kun
みずか.らおの.ずからおの.ずと
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
19 of 2500
Radical
self
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

より

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-6-2SKIP code
5c1.1The Kanji Dictionary
2600.0Four corner code
879deroo
81eaUnicode hex code
1-28-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3841Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4900New Nelson (John Haig)
3525New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4338Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2195Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2954Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
36Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
36Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
340Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
60Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30095Morohashi
134A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
62Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
229sakade
242Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
150henshall3
126Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
14crowley
63Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1587Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
36Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi4Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
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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