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旧

旧	U+65E7, 旧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E7

← 旦
[U+65E6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

旨 →
[U+65E8]

See also: 舊 and 伯

Translingual

Stroke order

Shinjitai	旧
Simplified	旧
Traditional	舊

Han character

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

old, ancient
former, past

Derived characters

児陥稲

These characters are Simplified from 臼 (臼 → 旧)

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

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 舊. (This character, 旧, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 舊.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 臼. (This character, 旧, is a variant form of 臼.)

Japanese

Kanji

旧

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

Readings

Goon: ぐ (gu)

Kan’on: きゅう (kyū) < きう (kiu)

Kan’yōon: く (ku)

Kun: ふるい (旧い, furui), もと (moto)

Compounds

旧式 (きゅうしき) ‎(kyūshiki): old type
旧制 (きゅうせい) ‎(kyūsei): old system
旧姓 (きゅうせい) ‎(kyūsei): former surname
旧態 (きゅうたい) ‎(kyūtai): old state of affairs
旧派 (きゅうは) ‎(kyūha): the old school
旧約 (きゅうやく) ‎(kyūyaku): Old Testament
旧来 (きゅうらい) ‎(kyūrai): traditional
旧里 (きゅうり) ‎(kyūri): hometown
旧暦 (きゅうれき) ‎(kyūreki): Japan's old lunisolar calendar;
旧居 (きゅうきょ) ‎(kyūkyo): former residence

旧株 (きゅうかぶ) ‎(kyūkabu): old stock
旧弊 (きゅうへい) ‎(kyūhei): old evil
旧軍人 (きゅうぐんじん) ‎(kyūgunjin): ex-soldier
旧正月 (きゅうしょうがつ) ‎(kyūshōgatsu): lunisolar New Year
旧世界 (きゅうせかい) ‎(kyūsekai): the old world
旧保守 (きゅうほしゅ) ‎(kyūhoshu): paleoconservative
懐旧 (かいきゅう) ‎(kaikyū): nostalgia
復旧 (ふっきゅう) ‎(fukkyū): recover
旧 (きゅう)に復 (ふく)する ‎(kyū ni fukusuru): be restored to a former state

Noun

旧 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 舊, hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū, historical hiragana きう)

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

旧 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 舊, hiragana ふる, romaji furu)

used item, secondhand item

Prefix

旧 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 舊, hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū-, historical hiragana きう)

paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former

旧 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 舊, hiragana ふる, romaji furu-)

paleo-, old, used, previous