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先生

せんせい

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Mnemonic

先 is someone striding out ahead of you, 生 is life itself. The one who went first and has already lived it, sensei: せんせい.

Built from

ahead, previous
A figure striding out in front, on 儿 legs.
life, raw
A pictograph, a shoot pushing up out of the ground.

Words sharing these kanji

before, ahead senior (at work, school, etc.) some time ago the other day, a few days ago to live, to exist to have children to be born life, lifestyle (human) life pupil, student occurrence, happening a lifetime

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