noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. set an example worth following, take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
率先垂範 そっせんすいはん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ratio, rate, proportion
リツ ひき.いる ソツ (5th, N1)
mysterious, occultness, black
ゲン けん くろ (7th, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
before, ahead, previous
セン さき ま.ず (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
droop, suspend, hang
た.れる スイ たる (6th, N1)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
pattern, example, model
ハン のり (7th, N1)
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)