Chinese Character 前 Meanings and components.

Form

前

前 meaning^[3] in English

Front.

Forward.

Ahead.

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 前 can be seen as a composition of 2 main characters.

Its radical^[1] is: ()

In cangjie it is written with TBLN

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 前, looks as follow:

Meaning^[3]: Front . Forward . Ahead . First . Top (Followed By A Number) . Future . Ago . Before . Bc (E.G. 前293年) . Former . Formerly

Meaning^[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Meaning^[3]: To Amputate One Or Both Feet (Punishment In Imperial China) . See Also 五刑[Wu3 Xing2]

Meaning^[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Meaning^[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]