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
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences