Today’s #kanji is 昨, which is listed its semantic element of #にちへん（日） . Its phonetic element is 乍 which apparently has the meaning of “to separate.” Can you tell what 昨 means then?
Meaning: yesterday, last year, past
Reading: サク（サッ）
昨今（サッコン）: these days
昨春（サクシュン）: last spring, the spring of last year
昨夏（サッカ）: last summer, the summer of last year
昨秋（サクシュウ）: last autumn, the autumn of last year
昨冬（サクトウ）: last winter, the winter of last year
昨年（サクネン）: last year （＝去年）
Compound reading
昨日（きのう、サクジツ）: yesterday
一昨日（おととい、イッサクジツ*）: the day before yesterday
一昨年（おととし、イッサクネン*）: the year before last year
*音読み sounds more formal
- にちへん
- ひらび
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