(せん) (adj-no,n) (1) former; previous; old; (n) (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move [EDICT]
(さき) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; (3) head (of a line); front; (4) ahead; the other side; (5) the future; hereafter; (6) destination; (7) the other party; (P) [EDICT]
(xiān, ㄒㄧㄢ) early; prior; former; in advance; first [CE-DICT]
下
(か) (suf) under (being in said condition or environment) [EDICT]
(げ) (n) (1) lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; (2) second volume (of two); third volume (of three) [EDICT]
(もと) (adv) (sometimes written 元) under (esp. influence or guidance); (P) [EDICT]
(xià, ㄒㄧㄚˋ) down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down [CE-DICT]
手
(て) (n) (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (col) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (P) [EDICT]
(shǒu, ㄕㄡˇ) hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient [CE-DICT]
为
(wéi, ㄨㄟˊ) as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do [CE-DICT]
