旧

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

• 児, 陥, 稲

• 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)

• 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)

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)?}

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

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

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.)