昨 yesterday; referring to the one previous to the present; a past or previous time, event, occurrence 一,咋,日,曰,乍,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

サク
SA　KU

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

咋

サク,か,く,くら biting down, chewing; loud hollering; why?

　ORIFICE, MOUTH and WITHOUT WARNING, ABRUPT, FIRST USE OF, FIRST TIME FOR, WHILE DOING [SOMETHING ELSE]
　

日

ニチ,ジツ,ひ,～び,～か Sun, day, bright and flashing, brilliant, heat, hot

　CIRCLE DIVIDED
…or: TWO STACKED ORIFICES
　

曰

エツ,いわ,のたま,ここに tonguing something, tongue in a mouth, speak, say; having a reason to do something, pretending, a pretext, excuse given to hide the true reason for something, rod within orifice or mouth

　ROD in ORIFICE, MOUTH
…or: ORIFICE, MOUTH and ARRAYED
…or: RAISED ROD in CAVITY CONTAINMENT
…or: DIVINE, DIVA with IN-OUT, END-TO-END
　

乍

サ,サク,～なが,たちま without warning, abrupt, rapidity, quick and swift; first use of, first time for; while doing [something else]; both; all there are; spread apart; hair-raising, to bristle, to stand on end, gooseflesh; adze, mattock

　DAMMED FLOW, HEAD SLIDING or PERSON SUPINE with RECIPROCATING MOTION and TWO FINGERS, TIME AND TIME AGAIN
　

Meanings of elements

ARRAY of CHEWING
…or: DAY and FIRST USED
…or: A WHILE with TONGUING MOUTH

「Day」that was「first used, used first」is the previous day in the most recent past, or YESTERDAY. Japanese meanings extend the「prior time period」to any recently past duration, such as a week, season, year, etc.
　A「tonguing mouth first used」perhaps refers to what occurred THE PREVIOUS TIME,「an array of chewing」(which is, of course, was only just YESTERDAY), but this session something new or different will be attempted, that is, some training and teaching is occurring. Note that a similar glyph, first use of mouth orifice (咋) resulted in gnawing, contact with teeth, which must be referring to something other than the literal first use of an infant's mouth suckling a breast nipple teat since an infant generally has no teeth with which to chew or gnaw, moreover, possesses the natural instinct of sucking and not gnawing. Perhaps, first use of mouth (咋) resulted in teeth contact and gnawing, but most recently in the past (such as yesterday) the result was a「tonguing mouth for a while.」

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: yesterday
Japanese: last, yesterday
Unihan extended: yesterday; in former times, past
EDRDG: yesterday; previous

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.