予 — beforehand, previous, myself

あらかじめ予 beforehand

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes

U+4E88 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #180 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1719 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

beforehand
previous
myself
i

word

あらかじ arakaji Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

予(あらかじ) め arakajime in advance

よ yo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

予(よ) 定(てい) yotei plan 予(よ) 算(さん) yosan budget 予(よ) 想(そう) yosou expectation 予(よ) 感(かん) yokan premonition 予(よ) 言(げん) yogen prophecy 予(よ) 期(き) yoki expectation 予(よ) 知(ち) yochi prediction 予(よ) 習(しゅう) yoshuu preparation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

マ ma-shape (graphical primitive)

りょう了 complete

Used as component in (3)

の野 field あずける預 deposit じょ序 preface

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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