Read Edit View history Discussion 前 qián HSK1 in front Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 歬 represents the sound, and 刂 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "cut", now written as 剪. The current meaning "in front" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas qián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 前 Simp strokes 前 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 前 Simp strokes 前 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 前 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 360, 805 ], [ 428, 756 ], [ 443, 738 ], [ 454, 710 ] ], [ [ 658, 856 ], [ 678, 835 ], [ 686, 816 ], [ 645, 767 ], [ 573, 700 ] ], [ [ 110, 599 ], [ 174, 582 ], [ 486, 632 ], [ 855, 670 ], [ 895, 665 ], [ 953, 645 ] ], [ [ 252, 496 ], [ 275, 478 ], [ 284, 456 ], [ 285, 380 ], [ 273, 238 ], [ 262, 167 ], [ 245, 109 ], [ 243, 64 ] ], [ [ 311, 466 ], [ 323, 475 ], [ 434, 505 ], [ 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712,847C672,873 647,875 649,850C652,797 605,755 570,707Z", "M935,629C975,626 971,651 960,661C913,704 867,711 816,698C745,681 231,615 113,612C96,612 86,597 117,574C142,555 166,548 194,554C238,565 611,655 935,629Z", "M303,368C305,406 306,445 312,459C315,467 313,480 305,485C265,511 237,513 243,491C269,387 261,199 166,38C152,16 167,20 180,30C227,70 271,177 284,231C289,252 289,252 291,263C297,292 299,318 301,341C302,359 302,359 303,368Z", "M312,459C312,460 346,468 414,483C424,486 433,487 436,480C447,450 451,351 446,189C442,100 452,98 390,114C352,125 347,120 371,100C394,80 419,50 446,26C453,19 461,21 467,27C489,53 503,89 501,129C489,331 486,443 500,469C506,481 505,489 500,494C487,505 470,515 451,523C440,528 431,527 422,522C391,506 352,493 305,485C296,484 304,456 312,459Z", "M301,341C317,341 338,347 404,356C434,361 417,386 382,389C356,392 329,384 303,368C295,363 292,341 301,341Z", "M284,231C324,236 369,240 399,244C431,250 409,275 377,279C347,284 315,278 291,263C282,256 273,229 284,231Z", 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