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前 — stroke order
Watch how to write 前 (qián) stroke by stroke. 前 has 9 strokes and means “in front”. It appears in common words such as 以前 (before) and 之前 (before). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 前
The most common words that use 前 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
以前yǐqiánbefore之前zhīqiánbefore目前mùqiánat the present time提前tíqiánto shift to an earlier date面前miànqiánin front of前面qiánmiànahead
How 前 is written
- Radical
- 刂
- Components
- 丷 ＋ 一 ＋ 刖