舊

See also: 旧
舊 U+820A, 舊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-820A
← 舉
[U+8209] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 舋 →
[U+820B]

Translingual
Japanese 旧
Simplified 旧
Traditional 舊

Han character

舊 (radical 134, 臼+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土X (TOGX), four-corner 44777, composition ⿱雈臼(HT) or ⿱萑臼(GJKV))

Derived characters

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

Chinese
trad. 舊
simp. 旧*
variant forms 𦾔 (calligraphic variant)
𫡹 (ancient form in Bronze inscription)

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (臼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
臼 *ɡuʔ
齨 *ɡuʔ
桕 *ɡuʔ
舅 *ɡuʔ
舊 *ɡʷɯs
匶 *ɡʷɯs
閰 *kuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷɯs) : semantic 雈 (“owl”) + phonetic 臼 (OC *ɡuʔ).

Originally refers to a type of owl; later borrowed for a homophonous word meaning "old." The upper portion frequently appears as 萑 (a type of grass).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • kū - vernacular;
  • kiū - literary.
Rime
Character 舊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guwH/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiuH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiù
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 舊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjuwH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-kʷəʔ-s/
English 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 舊
Reading # 1/1
No. 6981
Phonetic
component		 臼
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 舊
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷɯs/

Definitions

舊

  1. old; former; past
    他重獲舊職。 / 他重获旧职。  ―  Tā zhònghuò jiù zhí.  ―  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; worn
    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 hǎojǐ xiāng jiù yīfú. [Pinyin]
    I've got boxes of old clothes in the attic.

Synonyms
  • 老 (lǎo, “old; aged”)

Antonyms
  • 新 (xīn, “new”)

Compounds
Derived terms from 舊

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 旧

Kyūjitai

 舊

Kanji
舊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 旧)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

舊 • (gu) (hangeul 구)

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Vietnamese

Han character

舊 (cựu, lâu)

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