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The kanji 昔: meaning, readings and stroke order
昔
- Meaning
- long ago
- On reading
- セキ seki、シャク* shaku
- Kun reading
- むかし mukashi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 sun, day
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ngày xưa (tích)
- Japanese
- ずっと まえ。むかし。
- Korean
- 옛날 (석)
- Chinese
- 从前、以前
Readings, words and example sentences
セキ seki · on reading · less common
昔日
days of long ago
この 町には 昔日の おもかげが あります。
This town still looks a bit like it did long ago.
むかし mukashi · kun reading
昔
long ago, the old days
おばあさんから 昔の 話を 聞きます。
Grandma tells me stories about the old days.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 昔 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 昔 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.