前売
まえうり · maeuri · JLPT N1 · noun
sale
🎫 前 = before, 売 = sell: a sale made before the event, like a ticket sold ahead
前売 (maeuri) is built from 前 (mae, before or front) and 売 (uri, sell). Think of tickets sold before the show opens: maeuri is the advance sale, and the same root gives you 前売券, a pre-sale ticket.
前 — top 丷 + 一 + 月 (moon) + 刂 (knife)
Originally written 歬, depicting a foot 止 above a boat 舟, meaning to advance or go forward. Over time the form evolved and the knife radical 刂 was added, while 止 and 舟 fused into the modern shape. The core meaning 'front, before, ahead' has stayed consistent.