Memory phrase for the character: 昨

昨

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Meaning

yesterday, last, ago

Pronunciation

SAKU

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
乍 sawThe saw has its handle ノ at the upper left.




 Vocabulary

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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