前

front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #155 U+524D

components: 丷一刖

in front · Heisig RSH #303

horns + butcher — as a component also called: butcher shop

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 前 as their sound component

These characters all use 前 (qián) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
前 sound component	qián	in front, forward; former, preceding
箭	jiàn	arrow; a type of bamboo
剪	jiǎn	scissors; to cut, to divide, to separate
煎	jiān	to fry in fat or oil; to boil in water
湔	jiān	to wash, to cleanse; to purge
翦	jiǎn	scissors; to cut, to clip; to annihilate

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大前天	dà qián tiān	three days ago
前一天	qián yī tiān	the day before (an event)
前金区	Qián jīn Qū	Cianjin, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan
前人	qián rén	predecessor; forebears; the person facing you
前头	qián tou	in front; at the head; ahead; above
大不如前	dà bù rú qián	a lot worse than it used to be
前生	qián shēng	previous life; previous incarnation
生前	shēng qián	(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
前儿	qián r	before; day before yesterday
前天	qián tiān	the day before yesterday
台前县	Tái qián Xiàn	Taiqian, a county in Puyang City 濮陽市\|濮阳市[Pu2 yang2 Shi4], Henan
前金	Qián jīn	see 前金區\|前金区[Qian2 jin1 Qu1]
前行	qián xíng	(literary) to go forward
前无古人	qián wú gǔ rén	(idiom) unprecedented; unheard of
上前	shàng qián	to advance; to step forward
大前年	dà qián nián	three years ago
前无古人，后无来者	qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě	there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom); never done before…
前体	qián tǐ	(chemistry, biology) precursor
前面	qián miàn	ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
面前	miàn qián	in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)