先 is the Japanese kanji for ahead, before, previous, future, precedence. It is written with 6 strokes and appears at JLPT level N5. Its kun reading is さき、ま.ず and its on reading is セン.
Stroke order
Words with 先
- 先point, tip, end
- 先にpreviously, before, earlier
- 先だってthe other day, some time ago, recently
- 先ずfirst (of all), firstly, to begin with
- 先月last month
- 優先preference, priority, precedence
Practice 先 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.