昔 — long ago

Grade 3 kanji · 8 strokes · on'yomi seki · kun'yomi mukashi.

Many (廿) suns (日) — so many suns have passed, it was long ago.

Example words

• 昔 — mukashi — long ago
• 今昔 — konjaku — new and old

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