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

児, 陥, 稲

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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

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)

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

Noun

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

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

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

used item, secondhand item

Prefix

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

paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former

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

paleo-, old, used, previous