越前

Chinese
 
to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
 
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
simp. and trad.
(越前)		 越 前

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 越前 (Echizen).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

越前

  1. (～市) Echizen (a city in Fukui, Japan)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
越 前
えち
Grade: S		 ぜん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

越前 (hiragana えちぜん, rōmaji Echizen, historical hiragana ゑちぜん)

  1. Echizen Province, an old province of Japan
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