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KanjiN3Grade 4 · 小49 strokesRadical 日#226 in newspapers

昨 · yesterday, previous

昨 is a kanji meaning yesterday, previous. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • サクsaku

Kun'yomi · Japanese

None in KANJIDIC2.

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 昨 · 7 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 昨
WordReadingMeaningLevel
一昨日おとといthe day before yesterdayN5
昨日きのうyesterdayN5
昨夜ゆうべlast nightN5
昨さくlast (year), yesterdayN3
一昨日いっさくじつday before yesterdayN2
一昨年いっさくねんyear before lastN2
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More words that use 昨
WordReadingMeaningLevel
一昨昨日さきおとといtwo days before yesterday, three days agoN2

Example sentence

昨夜は暑かった。

ゆうべはあつかった

It was hot last night.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #169640 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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