Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 昔

昔

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Meaning

 old days, long ago, past, antiquity

Pronunciation

 SEKI, SHAKU
mukashi

Explanation

 Top: variation of together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together), bottom: sun 日

Mnemonic

Together in the sun we think of the old days.

Radicals

昔 past, old times, former(Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of the old days.)
日 day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
共 together
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Vocabulary

昔話 むかしばなし folklore, legend, reminiscence
昔風 むかしふう old fashioned
昔の事 むかしのこと no longer current, past things
昔 むかし olden days, former
昔年 せきねん in former times, previous years

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