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Kanji for Ahead
The kanji for “ahead” is 先, read sen and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
先
ahead
Ahead and first; a pioneer.
6 strokes On reading セン (sen) Kun reading さき、まず (saki, mazu) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings used for names on Nazuke: saki, sen
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