昔
Meanings
- once upon a time
- antiquity
- old times
Readings
- せき
- しゃく
- むかし
- Strokes
- 8
- JLPT Level
- N3
- Frequency
- #1555
Common Words
- 昔話むかしばなしold tale, folk tale, legend
- 昔のままむかしのままthe way it was, the way it used be, as of old, in former times
- 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, a very long time ago
- 今昔こんじゃくpast and present
Practice in Kanjiru
Write 昔 by hand (opens in new tab)Data: KANJIDIC2 & JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0)