What does the kanji 先 mean?

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

How is the kanji 先 read?

セン (Sen); さき (Saki); ま.ず (Mazu)

先

Sakiさき

before

Senせん

Examples

先日せんじつthe other day

先人せんじんpredecessor

先 (Saki) is a JLPT N5 kanji meaning “before, ahead, previous”. It is taught in grade 1 and written in 6 strokes.