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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

226 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: yesterday, previous

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: サク

Composition: 日 乍

昨

Radical

Radical: 日

Reading: ひへん

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Reading: ひへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

昨夜(さくや)   last night

昨晩(さくばん)   last night

昨日(さくじつ/*きのう)   yesterday

昨年(さくねん)   last year

*一昨日(おととい)   day before yesterday

Onyomi Examples

昨 (サク) last (year), yesterday

昨今 (サッコン) these days, nowadays, recently, lately

一昨 (イッサク) one previous

一昨昨 (イッサクサク) three (days, years, etc.) ago, two ... before last

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