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Words containing 前:

There are 11 words starting with 前 and at least 12 other words containing 前 in this database. The average frequency of words in the database containing this character is rank red very high

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Other characters containing 前 as a component:

There are 13 character descriptions containing a reference to this character of which 9 so far have been determined to contain this as a phonetic component. The average frequency of all characters in the database containing this component is rank lightblue low


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Phonetic:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
rank darkblue 0
jian1 name of a river rank lightblue 0
jian1 shear rank darkblue 0
jian1 forelock rank lightblue 0
jian1 pan-fry rank yellow 7
jian3 scissors rank lightblue 0
jian3 scissors rank yellow 10
jian4 arrow rank yellow 9
qian2 star rank lightblue 0

Semantic or reference:
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Other: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
jian3 rank darkblue 0
jian4 rank darkblue 0
qian2 rank lightblue 0
qian2 rank darkblue 0
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Some common words starting with 前: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
前面 qian2mian4 front rank red
前进 qian2jin4 to advance rank red
前后 qian2hou4 before and after rank red
前提 qian2ti2 a premise rank red
前者 qian2zhe3 the one before rank red
前往 qian2wang3 to go rank red
前途 qian2tu2 prospects rank orange
前年 qian2nian2 the year before last rank orange
前方 qian2fang1 front (as in battlefront) rank orange
前线 qian2xian4 battlefront rank orange
前景 qian2jing3 perspective rank orange

Other common words containing 前: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
目前 mu4qian2 at present rank red
以前 yi3qian2 before rank red
当前 dang1qian2 current rank red
之前 zhi1qian2 before rank red
面前 mian4qian2 in front of rank red
从前 cong2qian2 formerly rank red
提前 ti2qian2 to bring forward rank red
眼前 yan3qian2 present rank orange
日前 ri4qian2 a few days ago rank orange
空前 kong1qian2 unprecedented rank orange
跟前 gen1qian2 in front (of) rank orange
西元前 xi1yuan2qian2 B c rank lightblue
公元前 gong1yuan2qian2 before Christ rank lightblue
片刻前 pian4ke4qian2 erewhile rank darkblue