旧

See also: 舊 and 伯
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 (radical 72, 日+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中日 (LA), composition ⿰丨日)

Derived characters

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 (“old; former; past; old; used; worn”).
(This character, 旧, is the simplified and variant form of 舊.)
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 臼 (“hollow vessel used to pound or crush ingredients; mortar; that which looks like a mortar; etc.”).
(This character, 旧, is a variant form of 臼.)

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 舅 (“maternal uncle; brother-in-law; etc.”).
(This character, 旧, is a variant form of 舅.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 旧

Kyūjitai

 舊

Kanji
旧

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

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Noun

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

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

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

  1. used item, secondhand item

Prefix

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

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

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

  1. paleo-, old, used, previous
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