What is the Kanji for "Yesterday" and "Previous"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Yesterday" and "Previous", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Yesterday" and "Previous" is "昨".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Saku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "日" means "Day" and "Sun" and can be read as "Jitsu", "Nichi", "Hi", and "Ka". And The component "乍" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "昨" mean in japanese?

"昨" means "Yesterday" and "Previous".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fourth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

一昨年: "Year before last". The noun '一昨年 (おととし)' means 'year before last'. It refers to the year prior to the previous year. For example: I went on vacation two years ago - (私は一昨年、休暇に行きました).

一昨日: "Day before yesterday". The noun '一昨日 (おととい)' refers to the day before the previous day, or two days ago. It is a compound word formed by combining '一' (one) and '昨日' (yesterday). This word is commonly used when talking about a specific date or event that occurred two days prior. For example: I saw him the day before yesterday - (おととい彼に会いました). We went to the park the day before yesterday - (おととい公園に行きました).

昨日: "Yesterday". The noun '昨日 (きのう)' means 'yesterday'. It refers to the day before the current day. This word is commonly used to talk about events or activities that took place the day before. For example: I went to the park yesterday - (私は昨日公園に行きました). What did you do yesterday? - (昨日は何をしましたか?)

昨晩: "Last night". The Japanese noun '昨晩 (さくばん)' means 'last night'. It is used to refer to the previous night or the night before today. For example: I went to bed late last night - (私は昨晩遅く寝ました). We had dinner last night - (私たちは昨晩夕食を食べました).

昨夜: "Last night". The noun '昨夜 (さくや)' refers to the night before the present day, or the previous night. It is used to indicate a specific time in the past, usually the night preceding the current day. For example: I went to bed early last night - (昨夜は早く寝ました). He returned home late last night - (彼は昨夜遅く帰ってきました).

昨年: "Last year". The noun '昨年 (さくねん)' means 'last year'. This word refers to the calendar year immediately preceding the current one. It is commonly used to talk about events, activities, or experiences that took place in the year before the present one. For example: I went on vacation last year - (私は昨年旅行に行った). The company's profits declined last year - (その会社の利益は昨年減少した).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.