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昔 = 龷 + 日

昔 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “formerly”. It is built from 龷 (龷) and 日 (sun). It appears as a component in 30 other characters in this index.

Keyword
formerly
Pinyin (Mandarin)
xī
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
ранее
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
昔 once upon a time

Decomposition

ids

  1. 龷 龷
  2. 日 sun

Characters that contain 昔

How to find 昔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “龷” + “sun”. 昔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 昔 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.