Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

1197 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

Kunyomi: むかし

Onyomi: セキ シャク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

日(せきじつ)   old days

物語(こんじゃくものがたり)   Tales of past and present

(むかし)   olden days, former [n.]

話(むかしばなし)   folklore

Onyomi Examples

セキジ old times, former times

セキジツ old days

コンジャク past and present

オウセキ ancient times

Kunyomi Examples

むかし olden days, former

むかしばなし old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence

ひとむかし ages, long time, decade, ten years (ago)

遥か はるかむかし long ago