昨日

きのう

yesterday

Mnemonic

That key きの does not open anything any more. It did yesterday, which is exactly the problem: きのう.

Built from

昨

日 the sun with a marker beside it, the day just gone.

日

sun, day

A pictograph, the sun with a mark in the middle.

Words sharing these kanji

昨夜 last night, last evening 日本語 Japanese language 毎日 every day 日本 Japan 明日 tomorrow 今日 today 日 day 日々 daily, every day 本日 today 先日 the other day, a few days ago 月曜日 Monday 火曜日 Tuesday

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