昔 = 日 + 龷

昔 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “once upon a time”. It is built from 日 (day) and 龷 (salad). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1268. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword: once upon a time
RTK frame: 1268
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セキ, シャク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): むかし
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: storyteller, когда-то давно, long ago
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 昔 formerly

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 昔

How to find 昔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “day” + “salad”. 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.