先
xian1Mathews: 2702GSR: 478a
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) beginning, past; ancestor, precedent, first, leader, predecessor, source; (to) begin, lead (in, with); come before/first, go before/first/ahead of, initiate, precede, take precedence, walk before, (s, ed, ing); (to be) advanced, ahead of, ancient, ancestral, before, early, earlier, elder, first, founding, foremost, former, in advance, in front of, initial, leading, prior (to), original, precedent, primal; beforehand, formerly, initially, originally, previously; deceased, late, past; drawn, led, preceded; in the beginning, at first, in advance
Radical: 10+4 | First occurrence: Hexagram 02.0
Concordance & Context (18 occurrences)
H02|0
Gua Ci
at first, initially; to lead, go first, initiate (is)
Ref: 12.6Stats: 10+4
H02|T
Tuan Zhuan
to initiate
H08|X
Xiang Zhuan
the ancient, early, original, former, [founding] 16.X
Ref: 02.0
H12|6
6th Line
before, (at) first, earlier
Ref: 13.5
H13|5
5th Line
begins, starts, leads (ing) (with, in)
Ref: 18.0
H13|5x
Xiao Xiang 5
(a) beginning
H16|X
Xiang Zhuan
the ancient, early, original, former, [founding] 20.X
Ref: 02.0
H18|0
Gua Ci
before, prior to, ahead of
Ref: 38.6
H18|T
Tuan Zhuan
before
H20|X
Xiang Zhuan
the ancient, early, original, former, [founding] 21.X
Ref: 02.0
H21|X
Xiang Zhuan
the ancient, early, original, former [founding] 24.X
Ref: 02.0
H24|X
Xiang Zhuan
the ancient, early, original, former [founding] 25.X
Ref: 02.0
H25|X
Xiang Zhuan
the ancient, early, original, former, [founding] 59.X
Ref: 02.0
H38|6
6th Line
(at) first, initially, beginning (by)
Ref: 56.6
H56|6
6th Line
begins, starts in, with; at first
Ref: 57.5
H57|5
5th Line
before, prior to, ahead of
Ref: 08.X
H58|T
Tuan Zhuan
(in, to) go before, lead (ing)
Ref: 02.0
H59|X
Xiang Zhuan
the ancient, early, original, former, [founding] 08.X
Ref: 02.0
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