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Kanji Detail for 昨 - "yesterday, last"

昨

  • Meaning

    昨 means "yesterday, last." Also associated with past.

    1. Yesterday - The day before today.

    2. Last - The previous one.

    3. Past - Former times; ago.

  • Words using 昨

    • 昨年 さくねん Listen last year
    • 一昨年 おととし Listen year before last
    • 昨秋 さくしゅう Listen autumn of last year; fall of last year
    • 昨年度 さくねんど Listen previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
    • 昨日 きのう Listen yesterday
    • 昨春 さくしゅん Listen last spring; the spring of last year
    • 昨今 さっこん Listen these days; nowadays; recently
    • 昨年来 さくねんらい Listen since last year

  • Four-character idioms with 昨

    • 今是昨非 こんぜさくひ Listen complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways
    • 昨非今是 さくひこんぜ Listen complete reversal of values or ways of thinking

  • Tattoo check: 昨

    • Verified meaning: yesterday, last
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: past

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    yesterday; previous

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    yesterday; in former times, past

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    yesterday

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    yesterday; formerly, in the past

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    One night ago is called 昨. Such as 昨日 (yesterday), 昨夜 (last night).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    saku(サク) サク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    yesterday last past ago before former previous recent bygone

Sentences including 昨

  • I didn't study at all yesterday.

  • My father got home late last night.

  • I had hoped to have finished this yesterday.

  • It was mary that bought this skirt yesterday.

  • A man called on you last night.

  • Someone called on her yesterday.

  • When were you busy yesterday?

  • Where did you go yesterday?

  • I could not sleep much last night.

  • Did you talk to your new classmates yesterday?

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