ぜん
前
ご
後

noun

  1. front and rear, front and back, before and behind, back and forth.
  2. before and after.

noun used as a suffix, noun, adverb

After a quantity, age, time, etc..
  1. around, about, approximately.

noun

  1. order, context.
  2. consequences.
  3. just when, around the time of.

noun, takes する

  1. inversion, reversion, getting out of order.

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

As 前後して.
  1. co-occurring, happening at the same time.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぜん
前
ご
後
 前後 ぜんご ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

in front, before
まえ　ゼン　さき (2nd, N5)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
cutting off feet as form of punishment
ゲツ　グチ　ゴツ
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
behind, back, later
ゴ　のち　コウ (2nd, N5)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ　たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)