旧

See also: 舊, 伯, and 1日

旧 U+65E7, 旧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E7 ← 旦 [U+65E6] CJK Unified Ideographs 旨 → [U+65E8]

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

• 㫪, 児, 陥, 焔

Additional Derived Characters

• 𫩥, 𪥮, 𣐤, 𫂻, 𪜢, 𫇰, 𱬹, 𣇃, 𭑣, 𦾔, 𫝒, 𣆨, 𭴷, 𣇑, 𠢎, 𠀥
• 𣵥, 𰨬, 𰸒, 𱊹, 𮨌, 𥦇, 𰯤, 𰹣, 𡘨, 𭓿, 𠖚, 𭐬, 𱦞, 𦆊, 𲄁, 𠮘, 𭮳, 𭤥

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Graphical variant of 臼 (jiù), which is also the phonetic component of 舊 (jiù) and 舅 (jiù).

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).

Japanese

Shinjitai	旧
Kyūjitai	舊

Kanji

旧

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 舊)

1. old

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)、ふるびる (furubiru, 旧びる)

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
旧
きゅう Grade: 5
kan'on

Alternative spelling
舊 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 舊 (MC gjuwH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɨː]
• (Tokyo) きゅう [kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

旧(きゅう) • (kyū) ^{←きう (kiu)?}

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

Prefix

旧(きゅう) • (kyū-) ^{←きう (kiu-)?}

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

   世界平和統一家庭連合(せかいへいわとういつかていれんごう)（旧(きゅう)統一教会(とういつきょうかい)）

   Sekai Heiwa Tōitsu Katei Rengō (kyū-Tōitsu Kyōkai)

   Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (former Unification Church)

   旧(きゅう)Twitter(ツイッター)

   kyū-tsuittā

   formerly known as Twitter

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
旧
ふる Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
舊 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see the following entry.

【古ふる】2 [noun] used item, secondhand item, hand-me-down [prefix] paleo-, old, used, previous Alternative spelling 故

(This term, 旧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^△旧”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026