舊

See also 旧

Translingual

simpl.		旧
trad.		舊

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 雈 (“owl”) + phonetic 臼

Originally referred to a type of owl; later borrowed for a homophonous word meaning "old." The upper portion frequently appears as 萑.

Han character

舊 (radical 134 臼+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土X (TOGX), four-corner 4477₇)

1. old, ancient
2. former, past

Descendants

• 旧

References

• KangXi: page 1006, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30249
• Dae Jaweon: page 1462, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3043, character 18
• Unihan data for U+820A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

舊 (simplified 旧, Yale gau6)

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Japanese

Kanji

舊

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: ひさしい (hisashii), ひさしく (hisashiku), ふるい (furui)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

舊 (cựu, lâu)