先

音読み　(おんよみ)：　セン

訓読み　(くんよみ)：　さき

部首　(ぶしゅ)：　儿 (ひとあし)

Meaning: previous, prior, earlier, ahead

Notes:

50M先

ごじゅうメートルさき
50 meters ahead.  You’ll often see signs like this in Japan, like this:

“IMG_5670.JPG” from Flickr member i-eye.  Click image to enlarge.  (Original image here.)

先日

せんじつ
the other day

 

————————————————-

Kanji originally posted 2009.07.24 9:38

Part or all of English definition is from  KANJIDIC — property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence. Donate to the WWWJDIC project. Stroke order diagrams licensed from Kanji Cafe.