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JLPT N5 · People

先生

せんせい

teacher

Stroke order of 先生

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

先 · 6 strokes生 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

The one born (生) ahead (先) of you leads the way as your teacher.

Parts: 先 ahead + 生 born/life

The characters in 先生

  • 先 さき — ahead; earlier; tip (6 strokes)
  • 生 なま — raw (5 strokes)

Example sentence

山田先生は日本語の先生です。

やまだせんせいはにほんごのせんせいです。

Mr. Yamada is a Japanese teacher.

Words with 先

先月last month先ahead; earlier; tip先週last week先輩senior (at school/work)行き先destination先日the other day先進国developed country連絡先contact info宛先address; recipient先祖ancestor

Words with 生

学生student誕生日birthday大学生university student留学生international student小学生elementary school student中学生junior high school student高校生high school student生まれるto be born生きるto live人生life生活daily life; living生活費living expenses生raw生産者producer生産production一生whole life生徒pupil; student衛生hygiene

More words: People

人person私I; me男man女woman子どもchild父(my) father母(my) mother友だちfriend学生student名前name日本人Japanese person

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