Memory phrase for the character: 前

前

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Meaning

before, front portion

Pronunciation

 ZEN
mae

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

羊 sheepPictogram of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
肉 body part, meatThe 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 cutVariation of sword 刀
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 Vocabulary

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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