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旧 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「日」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
—
Meaning
old; former; ex-

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

The old form 舊 shows a bird in a long-used nest; long in use — hence "old, former."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū旧道きゅうどう新旧しんきゅう復旧ふっきゅう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 新旧しんきゅう

    new and old

  • 旧友きゅうゆう

    old friend

More words with this kanji

  • 旧姓きゅうせい
  • 旧暦きゅうれき
  • 仍旧じょうきゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

町(まち)の旧道(きゅうどう)を歩(ある)いてみた。

I tried walking the town's old road.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

旧友新旧旧友friend新new易easy暴violen…日sun旦dawn旬ten-da…久long…救to res…九nine及reach弓bow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 日Map of reading キュウAll maps

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