U+524D "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+524D "" 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.

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

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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10248.040
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