昨
zuó
yesterday
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 昨
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昨儿个 | (coll.) yesterday | |
| 昨儿 | (coll.) yesterday | |
| 昨天 | yesterday | |
| 昨日 | yesterday | |
| 昨夜 | last night | |
| 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乍 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乍 sound part | first time, for the first time, suddenly | |
| 诈 | to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous | |
| 怎 | what? why? how? | |
| 窄 | narrow, tight; narrow-minded | |
| 咋 | question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud | |
| 蚱 | grasshopper; locust, cicada | |
| 柞 | beech, oak; evergreen; to clear away trees | |
| 酢 | a toast to the host | |
| 怍 | ashamed | |
| 祚 | throne; happiness, blessings | |
| 舴 | dinghy, small boat | |
| 苲 | hornwort | |
| 迮 | to press; hasty; cramped | |
| 痄 | scrofulous swellings or lumps | |
| 砟 | stone tablet; monument | |
| 笮 | boards that support roof tiles | |
| 胙 | meat offered in sacrifice to one's ancestors | |
| 阼 | the steps leading to the eastern door |