The Japanese Radical: 予


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beforehand, prior    予

Explanation Top: bent person マ, below: var. of block 丁. Memory phase: The bent person from this block came before.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
field, plain, wild
no, YA
Left: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.), right: beforehand, prior 予 (To make the bent nail マ into a straight nail 丁 is done: prior.)
The village was previously a field.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
beforehand, prior, previous
kanete, YO
Top: bent person マ, bottom: var. of block 丁
(work preparation) To make a bent nail マ into a straight nail 丁 is done: beforehand.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
foreword, preface, beginning, order, occasion
tsuide, JO
广
Top: building 广, below: beforehand/prior 予 (To make a bent nail マ into a straight nail 丁 is done: prior - Don't confuse with spear 矛)
In the building, they begin with a foreword.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
deposit, entrust, look after
azukaru/keru, YO
Left: prior/beforehand 予 (To make a bent nail マ into a straight nail 丁 is done: prior) [Don't mistake with spear 矛], right: head/forehead 頁
(There should be money in the bank account if you want a withdrawal:) In advance you should have in your head (=to bear in mind) to make a deposit.  

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