• 93rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.20% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 289 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qián (qian2)front • forward • ahead • ago • before • first • former • formerly • future • BC (e.g. 前293年)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之前 
以前 
前世 
前面 
提前 
目前 
面前 

Uncommon

上前 
前任 
前来 (前來)
前夕 
前夜 
前天 
前奏 
前妻 
前年 
前往 
前后 (前後)
前所未有 
前提 
前方 
前景 
前期 
前段 
前程 
前者 
前台 (前臺)
前卫 (前衛)
前辈 (前輩)
前途 
前进 (前進)
前锋 (前鋒)
前门 (前門)
史前 
向前 
婚前 
往前 
从前 (從前)
日前 
此前 
生前 
当前 (當前)
眼前 

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  • 1094th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 147 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lún (lun2)wheel • disk • ring • steamship • to take turns • to rotate • by turn • classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lún (lun2)The component is pronounced as 'lún' (lun2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

三轮车 (三輪車)
车轮 (車輪)
轮到 (輪到)
轮回 (輪回)
轮廓 (輪廓)
轮椅 (輪椅)
轮流 (輪流)
轮番 (輪番)
轮胎 (輪胎)
邮轮 (郵輪)

Uncommon

前轮 (前輪)
客轮 (客輪)
巨轮 (巨輪)
年轮 (年輪)
后轮 (後輪)
摩天轮 (摩天輪)
油轮 (油輪)
渡轮 (渡輪)
涡轮 (渦輪)
滑轮 (滑輪)
美轮美奂 (美輪美奐)
货轮 (貨輪)
轮休 (輪休)
轮值 (輪值)
轮奸 (輪姦)
轮子 (輪子)
轮廓线 (輪廓線)
轮换 (輪換)
轮渡 (輪渡)
轮滑 (輪滑)
轮班 (輪班)
轮盘 (輪盤)
轮船 (輪船)
轮毂 (輪轂)
轮转 (輪轉)
转轮 (轉輪)
风水轮流转 (風水輪流轉)
飞轮 (飛輪)
齿轮 (齒輪)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.