Results, 先手

先手☆【せんてsente】

noun:

  • first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move
  • forestalling; (seizing the) initiative ➜ 後手
先手【さきてsakite】

noun:

  • front lines; vanguard

Kanji definition:

先
常用１年JLPTN5

センSEN・さきsaki・まずma.zu

before; ahead; previous; future; precedence

Strokes:
6
Radical:
儿 legs
SKIP:
2-4-2
UTF:
5148
JIS208:
32-72
Nanori:
ぽんpon
Hangul:
선 [seon]
Pinyin:
xiān
Stroke order:
Example words:
先生【せんせいsensei】
teacher; master; doctor; / with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; / previous existence
先月【せんげつsengetsu】
last month
先進国【せんしんこくsenshinkoku】
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
優先【ゆうせんyuusen】
preference; priority; precedence
先発【せんぱつsenpatsu】
starting in advance; starting first; going first; going ahead; / starting (in team sports)
手
常用１年JLPTN4

シュSHU・ズZU・てte・て~te ・~て te・た~ta

hand

Strokes:
4
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
2-1-3
UTF:
624b
JIS208:
28-74
Hangul:
수 [su]
Pinyin:
shǒu
Stroke order:
Example words:
選手【せんしゅsenshu】
player (sports); athlete; team member
大手【おおてoote】
major company; big company; / front castle gate; / force attacking the front of a castle
手【てte】
hand; arm; / forepaw; foreleg; / handle; / hand; worker; help; / trouble; care; effort; / means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; / hand; handwriting; / kind; type; sort; / one's hands; one's possession; / ability to cope; / hand (of cards); / direction; / move (in go, shogi, etc.)
相手【あいてaite】
companion; partner; company; / other party; addressee; / opponent (sports, etc.)
取っ手【とってtotte】
handle; grip; knob

Partial results:

先手必勝【せんてひっしょうsentehisshou】

expression:

  • victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom
先手を取る【せんてをとるsentewotoru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to take the initiative
先手を打つ【せんてをうつsentewoutsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate
  • to play the first move (e.g. in go)

Kanji

先

センSEN・さきsaki・まずma.zu

before; ahead; previous; future; precedence

手

シュSHU・ズZU・てte・て~te ・~て te・た~ta

hand


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