The Radical: 昔

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Meaning
past, old times, former    昔

Explanation Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of the old days.

Used in these Kanji:
借
JLPT 4Joyo 4
 borrow, loan, liability, rent
kariru, SHAKU
Left: person 亻/人, right: past, old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
The person has in the past borrowed sth. and now has an obligation.
 亻 昔 共
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錯
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 mix, intermingle, confused, distraction
SAKU
Left: metal 金, right: old days, past 昔 (together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
(Metals in nature are alloys that could not be metallurgically processed in the past.) The metals in earlier times were mixed.
 金 昔
Vocabulary
昔
JLPT 3Joyo 3
 old days, long ago, past, antiquity
mukashi, SEKI, SHAKU
Top: variation of together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together), bottom: sun 日
Together in the sun we think of the old days.
 昔 日 共
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惜
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 regret, pity, lament, frugal, stingy
oshii/shimu, SEKI
Left: feeling 忄, right: old days 昔 (together 共 in the sun 日 we think of earlier days.)
(An unhappy early love?) My feelings about the old days are regrets.
 忄 昔
Vocabulary
籍
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 enroll, register, membership
SEKI
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 耒 (tree with many branches; Here: stick with grooves for counting by making cuts), old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
Bamboo and cutting sticks were used in old days as a register.
 竹 耒 昔
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措
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 measure, step, action, suspend, discontinue, dispose
SO
Left: hand 扌, right: old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
(A low level of mechanization?) By hand in the old days measures were done.
 扌 昔
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