U+524D "前" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
前
U+524D "前" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental and widely used Chinese character pronounced qián in Mandarin meaning front, before, or previous. It is composed of a radical component related to a knife or cutting and a phonetic element, and it frequently appears in common words such as 前面 for front side, 以前 for before or formerly, and 提前 meaning in advance. Beyond simply denoting spatial or temporal precedence, the character carries deeper cultural significance in East Asian languages as a concept of progression and priority.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+524D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 前 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 前 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x89 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x524D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000524D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u524d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AB65 |
| kCCCII | 213369 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5029 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5029 |
| kCangjie | TBLN |
| kCantonese | cin4 |
| kCihaiT | 184.401 |
| kCowles | 4760 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0318.060 |
| kDefinition | in front, forward; preceding |
| kEACC | 213369 |
| kFanqie | 昨先 |
| kFenn | 620A |
| kFennIndex | 64.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8022.1 |
| kGB0 | 3916 |
| kGB1 | 3916 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0245a |
| kHangul | 전:0E |
| kHanYu | 10248.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | qián(3617) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10248.040:qián,jiǎn |
| kHKGlyph | 0349 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0318.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10248.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0140.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4730 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AB65 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4130 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E7DD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6E71 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5029 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D29 |
| kJapanese | ゼン セン まえ さき すすむ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1650 |
| kJapaneseKun | MAE SUSUMU |
| kJapaneseOn | ZEN SEN |
| kJis0 | 3316 |
| kKangXi | 0140.150 |
| kKorean | CEN |
| kLau | 310 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0467 |
| kMandarin | qián |
| kMatthews | 919 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3369 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007532 MJ007532:E0102 MJ007531:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 02011:E0103 |
| kNelson | 0595 |
| kPhonetic | 196 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2738+18.2.7 V+13889+18.2.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.7 |
| kSBGY | 132.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 61.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qián粵cin4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0467 |
| kTang | *dzhen |
| kTGHZ2013 | 296.080:qián |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tiền |
| kXerox | 241:166 |
| kXHC1983 | 0911.010:qián |