昔 — once upon a time, antiquity, old times

むかし昔 once upon a time

むかし

U+6614 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1197 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1268 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

once upon a time
antiquity
old times

Readings

On'yomi: せき seki しゃく shaku
Kun'yomi: むかし mukashi

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むかし mukashi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

昔(むかし) mukashi old times 昔(むかし) ながら mukashinagara traditional 昔(むかし) 話(ばなし) mukashibanashi folklore 昔(むかし) のまま mukashinomama the way it was

Words by frequency and grade

4 words

Each dot is a word containing 昔: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

廾 two hands

ひ日 sun #72

Used as component in (5)

かりる借 borrow そ措 set aside せき籍 enroll おしむ惜 pity さっ錯 confused

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#72 日 sun