旧

See also 舊, and 伯

Translingual

simplified	旧
traditional	舊

Etymology

Simplified from 舊

In current form, 〡 (“one”) + 日 (“day”), representing the day before today (the past)

Han character

旧 (radical 72 日+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中日 (LA), composition ⿰〡日)

1. old, ancient
2. former, past

Derived characters

• 児

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 489, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13737
• Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1483, character 2
• Unihan data for U+65E7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

旧 (traditional 舊, Yale gau6)

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Japanese

Kanji

旧 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: ふるい (旧い, furui), もと (moto)

Compounds

旧式 (kyūshiki): old type 旧制 (kyūsei): old system 旧姓 (kyūsei): former name 旧態 (kyūtai): old state of affairs 旧派 (kyūha): the old school 旧約 (kyūyaku): Old Testament 旧来 (kyūrai): traditional 旧暦 (kyūreki): Japan's old lunisolar calendar; 旧居 (kyūkyo): former residence

旧株 (kyūkabu): old stock 旧弊 (kyūhei): old-fashioned 旧軍人 (kyūgunjin): ex-soldier 旧正月 (kyūshōgatsu): lunisolar New Year 旧世界 (kyūsekai): the old world 懐旧 (kaikyū): nostalgia 新旧の (shinkyū no): new and old 復旧する (fukkyū suru): recover 旧に復する (kyū ni fukusuru): be restored to a former state

Noun

旧 (hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū)

1. old things, original state, former state, old times
2. the old calendar based on a lunar system

旧 (hiragana ふる, romaji furu)

1. used item, secondhand item

Prefix

旧 (hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū-)

1. old, previous, -ex, former

旧 (hiragana ふる, romaji furu-)

1. old, used, previous

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Korean

Hanja

旧 (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

旧 (traditional 舊, pinyin jiù (jiu4), Wade-Giles chiu⁴)