Measure word
- 间 jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars... attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
前
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Bronze script 西周中期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 18 forms
面
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 11 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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一个陌生人站在房子前面。
A stranger stands in front of the room.
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一個美麗的女人坐在我前面一排。
A beautiful woman was seated one row in front of me.
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公共汽车的停车站正好坐落在我的住所前面。
The bus stop is located right outside where I live.
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在我前面走。
Walk ahead of me.
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在法国,名放在姓前面。
In France, the first name goes before the surname.
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我家前面有个小庭院。
There is a small garden in front of my house.
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没有人跑在他前面。
No one ran ahead of him.
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零在一前面。
Zero comes before one.