kanjisense

beforehand; previous; myself; I

component mnemonic:
stowed spear (cf. 矛)

  • primary grade 3
  • Jōyō
  • □ character + ○ component
  • sound mark

components

"spearhead"
"gasping mouth"
"stake"
Japanese on'yomi
ヨ yo ・(シャ) (sha)
Mandarin Chinese
not available
Cantonese
not available
Korean
not available
Vietnamese
not available
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Japanese kun'yomi
あらかじめarakajime

used as a component in:

  • plains 
    ヤ yạˬ
  • spear 
    ム mū
  • preface 
    ジョ zyoˬ
  • deposit 
    ヨ yoˎ
  • beforehand "stowed spear" 
    ヨ yoˎ
  • tell 
    ジョ zyoˬ

1 of 2 variants

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traditional radical: 6 亅  (+3)