越前

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (越前)		越	前
simp. ^#(越前)		越	前

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 越前 (Echizen).

越前

Named after the ancient province of Koshi (越国 (こしのくに, Koshinokuni)), which was split into three provinces under Emperor Monmu in the 7th century AD.

越(えち)前(ぜん) • (Echizen) ^{←ゑちぜん (Wetizen)^?}

Echizen (a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan)
Echizen (a historical province of Japan, roughly corresponding to the northern half of present-day Fukui Prefecture)