Kanji compounds#12,036 most used

先人

せんじん0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

predecessor; ancestor

ITS KANJI

先人せんじんの知恵ちえに学まなぶことは大切たいせつだ。

It is important to learn from the wisdom of those who came before us.

written for Tangoya

先人せんじんたちは数多あまたの障害しょうがいを乗のり越こえてきました。

The ancestors overcame many obstacles.

from Tatoeba · tsukimori

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 先人 this one meaning.

先陣vanguard; advance guardせんじん · not in tangoya

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#12,036 most used

Written先人 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium