昔

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.3 Adverb 3.4 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

昔 (radical 72 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿日 (TA), four-corner 4460₁)

1. formerly
2. ancient
3. in beginning

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 492, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13816
• Dae Jaweon: page 855, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1488, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6614

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

昔 (Yale sik1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

昔 (grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: せき (seki), しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: むかし (mukashi)

[edit] Noun

昔 (hiragana むかし, romaji mukashi)

1. the past, old times
   • 970-999: Utsubo Monogatari (Toshikage)

   むかし、式部大輔、左大弁かけて清原の王ありけり。

   • 昔と今 past and the present
   • 昔の自分 my past self
   • 昔からの友達 a longtime friend ("a friend since old times")
   • 昔に戻る to return to the past
2. ancient
   • 昔の人 ancient people
   • もう昔の話だ。That's ancient history.

[edit] Adverb

昔 (hiragana むかし, romaji mukashi)

1. once
   • 昔見た映画 a movie I once saw

[edit] References

• Kōno, Tama [c. 970-999] (1959). Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-000-60010-9.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

昔 (hangeul 석, 착, revised seok, chak, McCune-Reischauer sŏk, ch'ak, Yale sek, chak)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

昔 (pinyin xí (xi2), Wade-Giles hsi²)