昨 — jak

Parts that make up 昨

How 昨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 昨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 日, 乍.

Korean example words with 昨

• 일작日昨 Korean gloss: 며칠 전
• 작야昨夜 Korean gloss: 어제의 밤
• 작취昨醉 Korean gloss: 어제 마신 술
• 작년昨年 Korean gloss: 이해의 바로 앞의 해
• 작춘昨春 Korean gloss: 바로 전에 지나간 봄
• 작일昨日 Korean gloss: 오늘의 바로 하루 전날
• 작금昨今 Korean gloss: 바로 얼마 전부터 이제까지의 무렵
• 작년도昨年度 Korean gloss: 작년 한 해
• 재작일再昨日 Korean gloss: 어제의 전날
• 작금년昨今年 Korean gloss: 작년과 올해의 두 해
• 작년분昨年分 Korean gloss: 지난해에 배정된 부분
• 재작년再昨年 Korean gloss: 지난해의 바로 전 해

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

Japanese words with 昨

• 昨年さくねん last year
• 一昨年おととし year before last
• 昨秋さくしゅう autumn of last year; fall of last year
• 昨年度さくねんど previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
• 昨日きのう yesterday
• 昨春さくしゅん last spring; the spring of last year
• 昨今さっこん these days; nowadays; recently
• 昨年来さくねんらい since last year
• 昨夜ゆうべ last night; yesterday evening
• 昨冬さくとう last winter
• 一昨いっさく one previous
• 一昨日おととい day before yesterday

Characters sharing the phonetic 乍

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

Other hanja read “작”

Other hanja with radical 日