Translingual
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 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中日 (LA), composition ⿰丨日)
Derived characters
Additional Derived Characters
- 𫩥, 𪥮, 𣐤, 𫂻, 𪜢, 𫇰, 𱬹, 𣇃, 𭑣, 𦾔, 𫝒, 𣆨, 𭴷, 𣇑, 𠢎, 𠀥
- 𣵥, 𰨬, 𰸒, 𱊹, 𮨌, 𥦇, 𰯤, 𰹣, 𡘨, 𭓿, 𠖚, 𭐬, 𱦞, 𦆊, 𲄁, 𠮘, 𭮳, 𭤥
References
- 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
Graphical variant of 臼 (jiù), which is also the phonetic component of 舊 (jiù) and 舅 (jiù).
Etymology 1
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). |
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 臼 (“mortar; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 臼). |
Etymology 3
Japanese
Kanji
旧
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 舊)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term
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| 旧
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きゅう Grade: 5
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| kan'on
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| Alternative spelling
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| 舊 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 舊 (MC gjuwH).
Pronunciation
Noun
旧 • (kyū) ←きう (kiu)?
- old things, original state, former state, old times
- the old calendar based on a lunar system
Prefix
旧 • (kyū-) ←きう (kiu-)?
- paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former
- 世界平和統一家庭連合(旧統一教会)
- Sekai Heiwa Tōitsu Katei Rengō (kyū-Tōitsu Kyōkai)
- Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (former Unification Church)
- 旧Twitter
- kyū-tsuittā
- formerly known as Twitter
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term
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| 旧
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ふる Grade: 5
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| kun'yomi
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| Alternative spelling
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| 舊 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 旧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References