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昔 — once upon a time, antiquity, old times

N3 8 strokes #1197 most common

Stroke order · 8 strokes

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Readings

音 セキ、シャク
訓 むかし
Meaning once upon a time, antiquity, old times
नेपाली पुरानो समय · उहिले · धेरै अगाडि

How to remember it

घाम (日ひ) उदाएको धेरै दिन वा घाँस (艹くさかんむり) उम्रिएको धेरै समय बित्यो, यो पुरानो (昔むかし) कुरा हो।

Parts it is built from

Learn it in a course

JLPT N3 · Day 7 Explore course → JLPT N2 · Day 7 Explore course →

Practice sheets

A4 grid to print and write on.

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Words using 昔

  • 昔むかし long ago, old times पुरानो समय course
  • 昔話むかしばなし old tale पुरानो कथा course
  • 大昔おおむかし ancient times धेरै पहिले course
  • 昔日せきじつ old days बितेका दिनहरू course
  • 今昔こんじゃく past and present आज र हिजो course
  • 昔馴染むかしなじみ old friend पुरानो साथी course
  • 一昔ひとむかし an age (ago), a long time (ago), a decade (ago) dictionary
  • 昔むかしのまま the way it was, the way it used be, as of old dictionary

Example sentences

Long ago, this area was the sea.
धेरै पहिले, यो क्षेत्र समुद्र थियो।
I heard Japanese old tales from my grandmother.
मैले हजुरआमाबाट जापानको पुरानो कथा सुनें।
That is an event from ancient times.
त्यो धेरै अघिको घटना हो।
Last night I went drinking with an old friend.
हिजो राती म पुराना साथीहरूसँग पिउन गएँ।