Hanja Analyzer
昔

昔 — seok, chak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
예[古] 석, 옛 착
Romanization
seok, chak
English
formerly; ancient; in beginning
Mandarin
xī
Japanese on'yomi
セキ, シャク, サク
Japanese kun'yomi
むかし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#1,197 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
日 (72, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+6614

How 昔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 昔 as a ideographic compound involving 龷, 日.

Korean example words with 昔

  • 석년昔年 Korean gloss: 여러 해 전
  • 숙석宿昔 Korean gloss: 그리 멀지 아니한 옛날
  • 금석今昔 Korean gloss: 지금과 옛적을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 요석遙昔 Korean gloss: 긴 밤.
  • 고석古昔 Korean gloss: 오랜 옛날.
  • 석인昔人 Korean gloss: 옛날 사람.
  • 일석一昔 Korean gloss: 하루 저녁.
  • 통석通昔 Korean gloss: 밤을 새움.
  • 석천昔泉 Korean gloss: ‘오종식’의 호.
  • 숭석崇昔 Korean gloss: 아주 오랜 옛날.
  • 숙석夙昔 Korean gloss: 조금 오래된 옛날.
  • 석류昔瘤 Korean gloss: 생긴 지 오래된 혹.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 昔

  • 昔むかし the old days; the past; former times
  • 昔話むかしばなし old tale; folk tale; legend
  • 一昔ひとむかし an age (ago); a long time (ago); a decade (ago)
  • 大昔おおむかし ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past
  • 今昔こんじゃく past and present
  • 昔風むかしふう old-fashioned; old-style
  • 昔のままむかしのまま the way it was; the way it used be; as of old
  • 往昔おうせき ancient times
  • 古昔こせき ancient times
  • 昔式むかししき old fashioned; in ancient style
  • 昔日せきじつ old days
  • 昔々むかしむかし long ago; once upon a time

Characters sharing the phonetic 昔

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “석”

Other hanja with radical 日

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