旧 U+65E7, 旧 ← 旦[U+65E6] CJK Unified Ideographs 旨 →[U+65E8] Stroke order Japanese 旧 Simplified 旧 Traditional 舊
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.
旧 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+1, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 中日 (LA), composition ⿰丨日)
- 㫪, 児, 陥, 焔
- 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
Graphical variant of 臼 (jiù), which is also the phonetic component of 舊 (jiù) and 舅 (jiù).
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.
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 臼 (“mortar; etc.”).(This character is a variant form of 臼). For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 舅 (“maternal uncle; brother-in-law; etc.”).(This character is a variant form of 舅).
Shinjitai
旧
Kyūjitai
舊
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 舊)
- old
- 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)
Kanji in this term 旧 きゅうGrade: 5 kan’on Alternative spelling 舊 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 舊 (MC gjuwH).
- (Tokyo) きゅう [kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [kʲɨː]
旧(きゅう) • (kyū) ←きう (kiu)?
- old things, original state, former state, old times
- the old calendar based on a lunar system
旧(きゅう) • (kyū-) ←きう (kiu-)?
- 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-tsuittāformerly known as Twitter
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 (This term, 旧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
- “△旧”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
