yesterday, previous
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
あ、今日は朝マクドナルド、午後スターバックス、昨日はデザートにミスタードーナツでした。
A, kyou wa asa Makudonarudo, gogo Sutābakkusu, kinou wa dezāto ni Misutā Dōnatsu deshita.
Ah, today it was McDonald's in the morning, Starbucks in the afternoon, and yesterday it was Mister Donut for dessert.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0