Chinese Character 昨 Meanings and components.

Form

昨

Meaning

昨 meaning[3] in English

Yesterday.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 昨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and at first (乍)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with AOS

How to write 昨

To write昨zuo2yesterday you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 乍zha4at first arranged in a 吅 shape:

日 + 乍 = 昨

昨 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 昨 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 昨, looks as follow:

昨
Pinyin:zuo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Yesterday
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
乍
Pinyin:zha4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: At First . Suddenly . Abruptly . To Spread . (Of Hair) To Stand On End . Bristling

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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