领先

Character by character

• 领lǐng11 strokesHSK 3 traditional 領neck; collar; lead, guide
• 先xiān6 strokesHSK 1first, former, previous

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 领先. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 先xiānHSK 1

  early; prior; former; in advance; first

• 先生xiān shengHSK 1

  teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor

• 首先shǒu xiānHSK 3

  first (of all); in the first place

• 领导lǐng dǎoHSK 3

  lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader

• 领lǐngHSK 3

  neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc

• 领域lǐng yùHSK 7

  domain; sphere; field; territory; area

• 先进xiān jìnHSK 3

  advanced (technology); to advance

• 领袖lǐng xiùHSK 6

  leader

• 带领dài lǐngHSK 3

  to guide; to lead

• 优先yōu xiānHSK 5

  to have priority; to take precedence

• 事先shì xiānHSK 4

  in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior

• 占领zhàn lǐngHSK 5

  to capture; to seize; to occupy by force

• 原先yuán xiānHSK 5

  originally; original; former

• 先前xiān qiánHSK 5

  before; previously

• 领土lǐng tǔHSK 7

  territory

• 引领yǐn lǐngHSK 7

  to crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead; to show the way

• 领带lǐng dàiHSK 5

  necktie

• 先后xiān hòuHSK 5

  early or late; priority; in succession; one after another

• 领取lǐng qǔHSK 6

  to receive; to draw; to get

• 预先yù xiānHSK 7

  beforehand; in advance

• 率领shuài lǐngHSK 5

  to lead; to command; to head

• 祖先zǔ xiānHSK 7

  ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved

• 领养lǐng yǎngHSK 7

  to adopt (a child); adoption

• 本领běn lǐngHSK 3

  skill; ability; capability