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古 — 5 strokes / Radical「口」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 5 strokes / Radical「口」
On
コこ · ko
Kun
ふる(い)furu(i)
Meaning
old

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Passed by mouth (口) across ten (十) generations — old.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコこko古代こだい古典こてん太古たいこ
Kunふるいfurui古いふるい古株ふるかぶ古びるふるびる
Kunふるすfurusu使い古すつかいふるす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 古本ふるほん

    used book

  • 中古ちゅうこ

    secondhand

More words with this kanji

  • 古池ふるいけ
  • 古典こてん
  • 古墳こふん
  • 懐古かいこ
  • 稽古けいこ
  • 古刹こさつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

古(ふる)い お寺(てら)を 見(み)ます。

I see an old temple.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

中古古本古中middle本book台stand合to fit同same口mouth句phrase戸door己onesel…去leave乎questi…夸to boa…
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