舊

See also: 旧

§Translingual

§Alternative forms

• 𦾔

§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, composition ⿱雈臼)

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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§Chinese

		-
trad.		舊
simp.		旧

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kū / kiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chiu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau⁶
    • Yale: gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū / kiū
    • Tâi-lô: kū / kiū
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/, /kiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku²²/, /kiu²²/
  • Note: kū - vernacular, kiū - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (舊, reconstructed)
Character (舊), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 巨救切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡɨuH/	/gi̯ə̯uH/	/ɡiuH/	/ɡiuH/	/guwH/	/ɡĭəuH/	/ɡiəuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (舊, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
舊								jiù								‹ gjuwH ›								/*N-kʷəʔ-s/								old
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
舊					6981					臼					之					0					舊					/*ɡʷɯs/

§Adjective

舊

1. old; former; past

   • 他重獲舊職。 [MSC, trad.]

     他重获旧职。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā zhònghuò jiù zhí. [Pinyin]

     He got his former job back.

   • 你的新房子和你的舊房子比起來怎樣？ [MSC, trad.]

     你的新房子和你的旧房子比起来怎样？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ de xīn fángzǐ hé nǐ de jiù fángzǐ bǐ qǐlái zěnyàng? [Pinyin]

     How does your new house compare with your old one?

2. old; used; worm

   • 地毯舊了，但還能用。 [MSC, trad.]

     地毯旧了，但还能用。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dì tǎn jiù le, dàn hái néng yòng. [Pinyin]

     The carpet is worn but still serviceable.

   • 我在閣樓上有好幾箱舊衣服。 [MSC, trad.]

     我在阁楼上有好几箱旧衣服。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ zài gélóu shàng yǒu hǎojī xiāng jiù yīfú. [Pinyin]

     I've got boxes of old clothes in the attic.

§Synonyms

• 老 (lǎo, "old (of people)")

§Antonyms

• 新 (xīn, "new")

§References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

舊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

舊 (cựu, lâu)

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