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The Radical: 昔
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
past, old times, former 昔
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Explanation |
Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of the old days. |
Used in these Kanji:
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借
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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borrow, loan, liability, rent
kariru, SHAKU Left: person 亻/人, right: past, old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
The person has in the past borrowed sth. and now has an obligation.
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亻
昔
共
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錯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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mix, intermingle, confused, distraction
SAKU Left: metal 金, right: old days, past 昔 (together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
(Metals in nature are alloys that could not be metallurgically processed in the past.) The metals in earlier times were mixed.
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金
昔
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昔
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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old days, long ago, past, antiquity
mukashi, SEKI, SHAKU Top: variation of together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together), bottom: sun 日
Together in the sun we think of the old days.
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昔
日
共
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惜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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regret, pity, lament, frugal, stingy
oshii/shimu, SEKI Left: feeling 忄, right: old days 昔 (together 共 in the sun 日 we think of earlier days.)
(An unhappy early love?) My feelings about the old days are regrets.
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忄
昔
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籍
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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enroll, register, membership
SEKI Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 耒 (tree with many branches; Here: stick with grooves for counting by making cuts), old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
Bamboo and cutting sticks were used in old days as a register.
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竹
耒
昔
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措
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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measure, step, action, suspend, discontinue, dispose
SO Left: hand 扌, right: old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
(A low level of mechanization?) By hand in the old days measures were done.
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扌
昔
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