旧

See also: 舊 and 伯

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	旧
Simplified	旧
Traditional	舊

Glyph origin

Variant of 臼.

The reformative usage in simplified Chinese and Japanese that replaced 舊 can be analysed either as from an elimination of 雈 with glyphic alteration from 臼 to 旧 or as using a homophonic character.

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 児, 陥, 稲

References

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

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 舊 (“old; former; past; old; used; worn; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 舊).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 臼 (“mortar; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 臼).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 舅 (“maternal uncle; brother-in-law; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 舅).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	旧
Kyūjitai	舊

Kanji

旧

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 舊)

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: く (ku)
• Kun: ふるい (furui, 旧い); もと (moto, 旧)

Compounds

Compounds

• 旧(きゅう)式(しき) (kyūshiki): old type
• 旧(きゅう)制(せい) (kyūsei): old system
• 旧(きゅう)姓(せい) (kyūsei): former surname
• 旧(きゅう)態(たい) (kyūtai): old state of affairs
• 旧(きゅう)派(は) (kyūha): the old school
• 旧(きゅう)約(やく) (kyūyaku): Old Testament
• 旧(きゅう)来(らい) (kyūrai): traditional
• 旧(きゅう)里(り) (kyūri): hometown
• 旧(きゅう)暦(れき) (kyūreki): Japan's old lunisolar calendar;
• 旧(きゅう)居(きょ) (kyūkyo): former residence

• 旧(きゅう)株(かぶ) (kyūkabu): old stock
• 旧(きゅう)弊(へい) (kyūhei): old evil
• 旧(きゅう)軍(ぐん)人(じん) (kyūgunjin): ex-soldier
• 旧(きゅう)正(しょう)月(がつ) (kyūshōgatsu): lunisolar New Year
• 旧(きゅう)世(せ)界(かい) (kyūsekai): the old world
• 旧(きゅう)保(ほ)守(しゅ) (kyūhoshu): paleoconservative
• 懐(かい)旧(きゅう) (kaikyū): nostalgia
• 復(ふっ)旧(きゅう) (fukkyū): recover
• 旧(きゅう)に復(ふく)する (kyū ni fukusuru): be restored to a former state

Noun

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

1. used item, secondhand item

Prefix

1. paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former

1. paleo-, old, used, previous