Talk:先

Alternate meaning?

Can this also, in Mandarin, mean "late," as in "the late so-and-so"? I have seen it used this way. 24.93.170.200 23:54, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but only when used in combination with other characters. -- A-cai 13:20, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you; I believe I saw it used in this sense with this character and the name of the person. What is the extra character other than these? 24.93.170.200 00:32, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

It varies. One example is 先帝. -- A-cai 07:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Depiction of character?

Is it known what the character 先 depicts? --2A02:120B:2C28:35A0:8562:65F8:6905:203F 11:54, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Derivation

@Eirikr Can saki be connected to 咲く (saku, “to bloom”), which had <H-> accent in Heian period (<HL> for shushikei but who cares?), and semantically from the way that flowers form tips when it blooms? Chuterix (talk) 16:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)