昨天 (zuó tiān)

Character breakdown

• 昨 (zuó) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.

• 天 (tiān) · 4 strokes

  Depicts a person (大) with an emphasized head. Based on the original meaning "head". The meaning later shifted to "top", "high", and "sky".

Example sentences

1. Ken昨天在家吗？ — Was Ken at home yesterday?
2. 我昨天很忙。 — I was busy yesterday.
3. 他昨天死了。 — He died yesterday.
4. 昨天下雨了。 — It rained yesterday.
5. 我昨天不忙。 — I wasn't busy yesterday.

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