昔 – once upon a time, antiquity, old times

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The kanji 昔 means once upon a time, antiquity, old times. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セキ、シャク (seki, shaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むかし (mukashi). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セキ	seki
On’yomi	シャク	shaku
Kun’yomi	むかし	mukashi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: ｜・一・二・日.

Words using 昔

昔むかしthe old days

Example sentences

ここは昔、畑だった。

This place used to be a field.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

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