Memory phrase for the Kanji: 前

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Top: a part 䒑 of the head/horns of a sheep 羊, bottom: flesh 月/肉, knife, cut刂

The horns and the flesh are cut (beginning) at the front position.

羊	sheep	Pictogram of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
肉	body part, meat	The radical niku* is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.*
刂	cut	Variation of sword 刀

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寸前に	すんぜんに	just before..., shortly before ...
前	まえ	ago, before (some event)
午前	ごぜん	morning, A.M., am
名前	なまえ	name
紀元前	きげんぜん	pre-era, BC (before Christ)
前後	ぜんご	around, throughout, front and back, approximately
事前	じぜん	prior, beforehand, in advance
以前	いぜん	ago, since, before, previous
前もって	まえもって	in advance, beforehand, previously

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