昨 — kanji meaning “yesterday”
昨
yesterday, previous
- Meanings
- yesterday, previous
- On'yomi
- サク (saku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #226 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 72
- Chinese reading
- zuó — Chinese character page
Words with 昨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昨日 | きのう kinou | yesterday |
| 昨年 | さくねん sakunen | last year |
| 一昨年 | おととし ototoshi | year before last |
| 昨夜 | さくや sakuya | last night; yesterday evening |
| 昨夜 | ゆうべ yuube | last night; yesterday evening |
| 昨今 | さっこん sakkon | these days; nowadays; recently |
| 一昨日 | おととい ototoi | day before yesterday |
| 昨晩 | さくばん sakuban | last night |
| 昨年度 | さくねんど sakunendo | previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.) |
| 昨秋 | さくしゅう sakushuu | autumn of last year; fall of last year |
| 昨春 | さくしゅん sakushun | last spring; the spring of last year |
| 昨年来 | さくねんらい sakunenrai | since last year |
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