昨 — Chinese character
昨
zuó
yesterday; formerly, in the past
- Pinyin
- zuó
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 日 乍
- Formation
- pictophonetic — day; meaning component 日; sound component 乍
- Japanese
- 昨 as a kanji
Common words with 昨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 昨晚 | zuó wǎn | yesterday evening; last night |
| 昨日 | zuó rì | yesterday |
| 昨夜 | zuó yè | last night |
| 昨儿 (昨兒) | zuó r | (coll.) yesterday |
| 昨儿个 (昨兒個) | zuó r ge | (coll.) yesterday |
English words written with 昨
昨 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.