| Kanji | 昔 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | セキ、シャク |
| Kunyomi | むかし |
| English | once upon a time, antiquity, old times |
| Examples | 昔(むかし): olden days; former |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | 3 |
| Frequency | 1197 |
| Components | 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days |
| Number of Strokes | 8 |
| Kanji Radical | 日 |
| Radical Number | 72 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 仮借 Loan |
| Keyword | once upon a time |
| Koohii Story 1 | Once upon a time, the children were forced to eat their salad every day. |
| Koohii Story 2 | For those who don´t know the expression, "salad days" means the time of one´s youth. (originally from Shakespeare´s Antony and Cleopatra - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_days). I suspect Heisig chose "salad" as the name for the radical just for this phrase... |
| RTK Index (new) | 1268 |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_time
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Confused people time 錯 サク、シャク mix disorder 錯覚(さっかく
Previous card: Cliff furnish equip install preparation defense radical t
Up to card list: All in One Kanji Deck (Heisig's RTK Order, 6th edition)