前
before, front
- 丷horns
- 月moon
- 刂knife
- kun
- まえmae
- on
- ゼンzen
mnemonic
HORNS (丷) point forward, the MOON (月) rises out FRONT, and a KNIFE (刂) cuts ahead. Everything points to what lies BEFORE you. "Zen" (ゼン) as in gozen, the morning, the time before noon.
examples
- 前まえmaefront, before
- 午前ごぜんgozenmorning, a.m.
- 名前なまえnamaename