(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]
(yǒu, ㄧㄡˇ) to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be [CE-DICT]
茹
(rú, ㄖㄨˊ) to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; a putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant); surname Ru, also used in given names; (used erroneously for 菇 mushroom) [CE-DICT]