EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Adverb (fukushi)

    ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago

    人間は大昔に道具の使用を覚えた。
    Man learned early to use tools.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

large, big

Kun
おお-おお.きい-おお.いに
On
ダイタイ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
7 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

うふおうたかしともはじめひろひろしまさまさるもと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-4SKIP code
0a3.18The Kanji Dictionary
4003.0Four corner code
1463deroo
5927Unicode hex code
1-34-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1171Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1133New Nelson (John Haig)
3416New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4224Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
107Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
48Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
32Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5831Morohashi
53A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
26Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22sakade
40Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
25henshall3
14Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
5crowley
87Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
408Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
108Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
da4, dai4Pinyin reading
dae, da, taeKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

Kun
むかし
On
セキシャク
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1197 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
3k5.28The Kanji Dictionary
4460.1Four corner code
1978deroo
6614Unicode hex code
1-32-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2108Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2433New Nelson (John Haig)
2432New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3086Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1574Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2153Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1184Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1268Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1200A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
699Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
988Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13816Morohashi
1481A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
764Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
778Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
598Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
346henshall3
306Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
428Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
970Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1192Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi2, xi1Pinyin reading
seog, chagKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level