| Chinese Text Project |
| 前 U+524D |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 歬 Semantic variant | 𣦃 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 刀+ 7 strokes = 9 strokes total. |
|---|---|
| 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 𩨊 𪥗 㡐 媊 𭚿 揃 𠷁 湔 𡍽 𢃬 𣹅 椾 𫆨 𤋎 㮍 㷙 𠞽 煎 [More] |
| Mandarin: | qián ㄑㄧㄢˊ |
| Cantonese: | cin4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dzhen |
| Shuowen: | 《止部》前：不行而進謂之歬。从止在舟上。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·先·前》前：先也。昨先切，六。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·刀部·七》前：〔古文〕歬𣦃《唐韻》昨先切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》才先切，𠀤音錢。《增韻》前，後之對。又進也。《廣韻》先也。又《禮·檀弓》我未之前聞也。《註》猶故也。又《儀禮·特牲》祝前主人降。《註》前猶導也。又《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤子淺切，湔上聲。《說文》齊斷也。俗作剪。又《正韻》淺黑色。《周禮·春官·巾車》木路前樊，鵠纓。《註》前，讀爲緇翦之翦。淺黑也。又《韻補》叶慈鄰切，淨平聲。《劉向·九歎》陸魁堆以蔽視兮，雲冥冥而暗前。山峻高以無垠兮，遂曾閎而廹身。 |
| Fanqie: | 昨先 (《廣韻·下平聲·先·前》) |
| Unihan definition: | in front, forward; preceding |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·子罕》: | 瞻之在前，忽焉在後。 |
| I looked at them before me, and suddenly they seemed to be behind. | |
| 《孟子·公孫丑下》: | 前日虞聞諸夫子曰：『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." | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 先生書策琴瑟在前，坐而遷之，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. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 聆聽前世，清視在下，鑒莫近於斯矣。 |
| Listen carefully to previous generations, Look carefully at what is before your own eyes— There is no mirror closer by than these. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 窮，或有前不容尺也。 |
| The qiong (limit) is wherever at the next advance there is no room for a measured length. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 顏成子游立侍乎前，曰：「何居乎？」 |
| (His disciple), Yan Cheng Zi-You, who was in attendance and standing before him, said, 'What is this?' | |
| 《道德經》: | 故有無相生，難易相成，長短相較，高下相傾，音聲相和，前後相隨。 |
| 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. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 公孫鞅曰：「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?" | |
| 《孫子兵法·虛實》: | 故備前則後寡，備後則前寡，備左則右寡，備右則左寡，無所不備，則無所不寡。 |
| 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》: | 立視前六尺而大之，六六三十六，三丈六尺。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 師曠曰：「妖已在前，無可奈何。」 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 《春秋》不譏其前，而顧譏其後，必以三年之喪，肌膚之情也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 孔子曰：「不慎其前，而悔其後。」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 古之用民者由前，今之用民者由後。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 古之時未有三綱、六紀，民人但知其母，不知其父，能覆前而不能覆後，臥之言去言去，起之吁吁，飢即求食，飽即棄余，茹毛飲血而衣皮葦。 |
| 《新書·官人》: | 智能不困於事業，服一介之使，能合兩君之驩，執戟居前，能舉君之失過，不難以死持之者，左右也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 四人前對，各言其姓名，上乃驚曰：「吾求公數歲，公避逃我，今公何自從吾兒游乎？」 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 是故君子務以行前言也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 有頃，齊奏宮中之樂，俳優侏儒戲於前。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 《易》曰：「君子以多志前言往行以畜其德。」 |
| 《論衡·氣壽》: | 懷子而前已產子死，則謂所懷不活，名之曰懷。 |
| 《太玄經·童》: | 次四，或後前夫，先錫之光。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 犬馬旦暮在人之前，不類不可，類之故難 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 公曰：「先君僖公、功德前行，可以與於報乎？」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 前鑒既明，後復申之。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 後令繆前者毀。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 衛宏曰：「秦以前，民皆以金玉為印，龍虎紐、唯其所好，然則秦以來天子獨以印稱璽，又獨以玉，群臣莫敢用也。」 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 卻敵冠、前高四寸，通長四寸，後高三寸，監門衛士服之，《禮》無文。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 雖傷破於前，不用介意。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 聖王者，有聽微決疑之道，能屏讒，權實，逆淫辭，絕流語，去無用，杜絕朋黨之門，嫉妒之人，不得著明，非君子術數之士莫得當前。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是以處上而民不重，居前而人不害，天下歸之，姦邪畏之，以其無爭於萬物也，故莫敢與之爭。 |
| 《文始真經·四符》: | 故耳蔽前後皆可聞，無人。 |
| 《列仙傳·彭祖》: | 歷陽有彭祖仙室，前世禱請風雨，莫不輒應。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 道自在天帝之前，此言道乃先天地之生也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 其頓首戴羽為將軍，斷死於前，不至千人，皆以言死。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 蒼頡在庖犧之前。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 所以飾後宮充下陳娛心意說耳目者，必出於秦然後可，則是宛珠之簪，傅璣之珥，阿縞之衣，錦繡之飾不進於前，而隨俗雅化佳冶窈窕趙女不立於側也。 |
| 《管子·輕重乙》: | 三問不對，有一人秉劍而前，問曰：「幾何人之眾也？」 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 先生修儒術而非仲尼之所取，欲學而使龍去所教，則雖百龍，固不能當前矣。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 晉文召為前行四萬，以獲其志。 |
| 《六韜·立將》: | 若此，則無天於上，無地於下，無敵於前，無君於後。 |
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