昨 – yesterday, previous

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#226 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 昨 means yesterday, previous. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サク (saku). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サク	saku

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: ｜・ノ・日.

Words using 昨

昨日きのうyesterday昨夜ゆうべlast night一昨日おとといday before yesterday昨さくlast (year)一昨日いっさくじつday before yesterday一昨年いっさくねんyear before last一昨昨日さきおとといtwo days before yesterday

Example sentences

昨日彼がぶらっと立ち寄った。

He dropped in on me yesterday.

Tatoeba #169839

昨夜はよく眠れましたか。

Did you have a good sleep last night?

Tatoeba #169654

「ウィキペディアを引用するな」という主張が昨日だか一昨日だかの朝日新聞に載っていた。

The exhortation "Don't quote Wikipedia" was included in the Asahi newspaper of yesterday or the day before.

Tatoeba #75339

Kanji with the same radical

日時明早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮晴

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