Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    remote past; far ago; time immemorial

    話は遠い昔に始まる。
    The story begins far in the past.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

distant, far

Kun
とお.い
On
エンオン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
887 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

おにどお

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-10SKIP code
2q10.4The Kanji Dictionary
3430.3Four corner code
1465deroo
9060Unicode hex code
1-17-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4733Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6101New Nelson (John Haig)
3150New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3906Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2013Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2715Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
402Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
429Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
803A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2043Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
326Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39047PMorohashi
79A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
446Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
453Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
160sakade
264Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
85henshall3
224Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
110Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.5busy_people
714Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
409Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan3, yuan4Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani 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