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7Elementary year 49 strokesRadical
On
サク
Kun
Meaning
yesterday, previous

Origin

ORIGIN

Phonetic-semantic: the sun/day 日 with the sound element 乍, meaning a past day.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

サク昨日・昨年・一昨日

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 昨日きのう

    yesterday

  • 昨年さくねん

    last year

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

昨日は雨が降りました。

It rained yesterday.

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