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yesterday

HSK 1 N2
Abstract →Time
zuó
サク
작
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.
Components
日 day+ 乍 for the first time =
昨 yesterday
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
乍 Phonetic component
zhà for the first time
first time, for the first time
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Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
昨
Regular
Modern
Chinese
昨 [zuó]
yesterday
Japanese
昨 さく 同音
prefix last (year); yesterday
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (8)
昨天 [zuó​tiān] #704
yesterday
昨晚 [zuó​wǎn] #608
yesterday evening
昨日 [zuó​rì] #15,536
yesterday
昨夜 [zuó​yè] #13,999
last night
昨儿 [zuó​r] #22,384
(coll.) yesterday
昨儿 [zuó​r] #22,384
(coll.) yesterday
昨儿个 [zuó​r​ge]
(coll.) yesterday
昨儿个 [zuó​r​ge]
(coll.) yesterday
JAPANESE WORDS (36)
⭐ 昨日 [きのう] #556
yesterday
⭐ 昨夜 [ゆうべ] #3,223
last night
⭐ 一昨日 [おととい] #6,859
day before yesterday
⭐ 昨晩 [さくばん] #8,464
last night
⭐ 昨年 [さくねん] #9,845
last year
⭐ 昨今 [さっこん] #14,437
these days
昨日の今日 [きのうのきょう] #16,252
right on the heels of yesterday
⭐ 一昨年 [おととし] #20,863
year before last
昨日今日 [きのうきょう] #25,206
yesterday and today
⭐ 昨年度 [さくねんど] #46,504
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
작년 #6,382
last year
작금
(no equivalent expression)