| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 前 U+524D |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 歬 Semantic variant | 𣦃 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 刀+ 7 strokes = 9 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.132#5 Kangxi: p.140#15 Cihai: p.184r4c01 GSR: 245.a Hanyu: v1,p0248#04 |
| Composition: | Top: 䒑, bottom: 刖. Component of: 偂 剪 揃 𠷁 湔 𡍽 𢃬 𣹅 𩨊 𪥗 㡐 媊 𭚿 煎 瑐 椾 𫆨 𤋎 㮍 㷙 [More] |
| Mandarin: | qián ㄑㄧㄢˊ |
| Cantonese: | cin4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dzhen |
| Shuowen: | 《止部》前：不行而进谓之歬。从止在舟上。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·先·前》前：先也。昨先切，六。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·刀部·七》前：〔古文〕歬𣦃《唐韵》昨先切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》才先切，𠀤音钱。《增韵》前，后之对。又进也。《广韵》先也。又《礼·檀弓》我未之前闻也。《注》犹故也。又《仪礼·特牲》祝前主人降。《注》前犹导也。又《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤子浅切，湔上声。《说文》齐断也。俗作剪。又《正韵》浅黑色。《周礼·春官·巾车》木路前樊，鹄缨。《注》前，读爲缁翦之翦。浅黑也。又《韵补》叶慈邻切，净平声。《刘向·九叹》陆魁堆以蔽视兮，云冥冥而暗前。山峻高以无垠兮，遂曾闳而廹身。 |
| Fanqie: | 昨先 (《广韵·下平声·先·前》) |
| Unihan definition: | in front, forward; preceding |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《论语·子罕》: | 瞻之在前，忽焉在后。 |
| I looked at them before me, and suddenly they seemed to be behind. | |
| 《孟子·公孙丑下》: | 前日虞闻诸夫子曰：‘君子不怨天，不尤人。’ |
| But formerly I heard you say, "The superior man does not murmur against Heaven, nor grudge against men." | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 先生书策琴瑟在前，坐而迁之，戒勿越。 |
| If any writing or tablets of his master, or his lute or cithern be in the way, he should kneel down and remove them, taking care not to disarrange them. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 聆听前世，清视在下，鉴莫近于斯矣。 |
| Listen carefully to previous generations, Look carefully at what is before your own eyes— There is no mirror closer by than these. | |
| 《墨子·经上》: | 穷，或有前不容尺也。 |
| The qiong (limit) is wherever at the next advance there is no room for a measured length. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 颜成子游立侍乎前，曰：“何居乎？” |
| (His disciple), Yan Cheng Zi-You, who was in attendance and standing before him, said, 'What is this?' | |
| 《道德经》: | 故有无相生，难易相成，长短相较，高下相倾，音声相和，前后相随。 |
| So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another. | |
| 《商君书·更法》: | 公孙鞅曰：“前世不同教，何古之法？” |
| Gong sun Yang said: "Former generations did not follow the same doctrines, so what antiquity should one imitate?" | |
| 《孙子兵法·虚实》: | 故备前则后寡，备后则前寡，备左则右寡，备右则左寡，无所不备，则无所不寡。 |
| For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 立视前六尺而大之，六六三十六，三丈六尺。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 师旷曰：“妖已在前，无可奈何。” |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 《春秋》不讥其前，而顾讥其后，必以三年之丧，肌肤之情也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 孔子曰：“不慎其前，而悔其后。” |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 古之用民者由前，今之用民者由后。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 古之时未有三纲、六纪，民人但知其母，不知其父，能覆前而不能覆后，卧之言去言去，起之吁吁，饥即求食，饱即弃余，茹毛饮血而衣皮苇。 |
| 《新书·官人》: | 智能不困于事业，服一介之使，能合两君之驩，执戟居前，能举君之失过，不难以死持之者，左右也。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 四人前对，各言其姓名，上乃惊曰：“吾求公数岁，公避逃我，今公何自从吾儿游乎？” |
| 《中论·修本》: | 是故君子务以行前言也。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 有顷，齐奏宫中之乐，俳优侏儒戏于前。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 《易》曰：“君子以多志前言往行以畜其德。” |
| 《论衡·气寿》: | 怀子而前已产子死，则谓所怀不活，名之曰怀。 |
| 《太玄经·童》: | 次四，或后前夫，先锡之光。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 犬马旦暮在人之前，不类不可，类之故难 |
| 《孔丛子·论书》: | 公曰：“先君僖公、功德前行，可以与于报乎？” |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 前鉴既明，后复申之。 |
| 《素书·遵义章》: | 后令缪前者毁。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 卫宏曰：“秦以前，民皆以金玉为印，龙虎纽、唯其所好，然则秦以来天子独以印称玺，又独以玉，群臣莫敢用也。” |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 却敌冠、前高四寸，通长四寸，后高三寸，监门卫士服之，《礼》无文。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 虽伤破于前，不用介意。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 圣王者，有听微决疑之道，能屏谗，权实，逆淫辞，绝流语，去无用，杜绝朋党之门，嫉妒之人，不得著明，非君子术数之士莫得当前。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是以处上而民不重，居前而人不害，天下归之，奸邪畏之，以其无争于万物也，故莫敢与之争。 |
| 《文始真经·四符》: | 故耳蔽前后皆可闻，无人。 |
| 《列仙传·彭祖》: | 历阳有彭祖仙室，前世祷请风雨，莫不辄应。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 道自在天帝之前，此言道乃先天地之生也。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 其顿首戴羽为将军，断死于前，不至千人，皆以言死。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 苍颉在庖牺之前。 |
| 《谏逐客书》: | 所以饰后宫充下陈娱心意说耳目者，必出于秦然后可，则是宛珠之簪，傅玑之珥，阿缟之衣，锦绣之饰不进于前，而随俗雅化佳冶窈窕赵女不立于侧也。 |
| 《管子·轻重乙》: | 三问不对，有一人秉剑而前，问曰：“几何人之众也？” |
| 《公孙龙子·迹府》: | 先生修儒术而非仲尼之所取，欲学而使龙去所教，则虽百龙，固不能当前矣。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 晋文召为前行四万，以获其志。 |
| 《六韬·立将》: | 若此，则无天于上，无地于下，无敌于前，无君于后。 |
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