昨
Meanings
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- 1.yesterday
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- 1.yesterday
- 2.in former times; past
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *zaːɡ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 乍 (OC *zraːɡs). However, the phonetic component could add part of the meaning since it was borrowed phonetically to mean "at first". Related to 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ, “the past”) (Sagart, 1999).
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