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Chinese symbol for “antecedent”

前件
qián jiàn
antecedent (logic)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for antecedent is 前件 (qián jiàn), defined as: antecedent (logic).

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Characters and stroke order

前 qián
in front, forward; former, preceding
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes
件 jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “antecedent”

WordPinyinMeaning
前事qián shìpast events; antecedent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 前件.

WordPinyinMeaning
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
之前zhī qiánbefore; prior to
以前yǐ qiánbefore; formerly
前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
面前miàn qiánin front of; facing
当前 (當前)dāng qiánthe present time; to be faced with
事件shì jiànincident; event
条件 (條件)tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification

See also: Japanese symbol for “antecedent”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.