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This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

昨

Reading

Kana: サク
Romaji: saku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

yesterday, previous

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  72
Frequency:  226
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  jag
Chinese Reading:  zuo2
Unicode:  6628
JIS:  3A72

Indexes

Halpern Index: 893
Nelson Index: 2119
New Nelson Index: 2449
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c5.3
Four Corner Index: 6801.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 486
Gakken Index: 346
Daikanwanjiten Index: 13847
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0834
Remembering the kanji Index: 1140
Busy People Index: 3.13
Kanji Flashcards Index: 600
Kodansha Compact Index: 986
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 512
Kanji in Context Index: 621
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 601
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 795
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1149
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1222
Essential Kanji Index: 148
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1106
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3854
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 404
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 525

Words

昨 (さく)
last (year); yesterday
昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
昨晩 (さくばん)
last night
昨夏 (さっか、さくか)
last summer; summer of last year
夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)
evening; last night
昨年 (さくねん)
last year
昨今 (さっこん、さくこん)
nowadays; recently
昨春 (さくしゅん)
last spring; the spring of last year
昨暁 (さくぎょう)
early yesterday morning
昨紙 (さくし)
yesterdays paper
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