Memory phrase for the Kanji: 昨
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昨 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning
| yesterday, past
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Pronunciation |
zuó |
Explanation |
Left: sun/day 日, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.) |
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(At midnight:) The present day is "sawn" into yesterday.
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Radicals
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日
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sun, day | This radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape. |
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乍
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suddenly, for the first time | This radical is understood to display a saw. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 昨天 |
zuó tiān |
yesterday |
| 昨天 |
zuó tiān |
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