Memory phrase for the Kanji: 昨

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Left: Sun/day 日, right: while, during 乍 (image of a saw 乍; cf. 作 where a person 亻used it 乍 to make sth.)

(At midnight:) The (present) day is cut by the saw into: yesterday.

亻	person	This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
乍	saw

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昨夜	ゆうべ	last night
一昨年	おととし	year before last
一昨日	おととい	day before yesterday
昨	さく	last (year), yesterday
昨秋	さくしゅう	autumn of last year, fall of last year
昨日	きのう	yesterday
一昨日	いっさくじつ	day before yesterday
一昨年	いっさくねん	year before last

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