jiù old; opposite: new ?; former

Made up of [ sun; day radical 72, gǔn line radical 2]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 5 strokes.
Much simplified form of traditional character that used to refer to a type of owl, a sound loan character.

Related characters


Also uses component: bái (bright) céng (once) ; chāng (prosperous) ; chūn (spring) ; dàn (dawn) ; hūn (to marry) ; jiàn (gap) ; jiān (between) ; jǐng (bright) ; míng (bright) ; (do not) ; (general) ; qíng (clear sky) ; shì (is) ; shí (time) ; shǔ (heat) ; wǎn (evening) ; xiāng (fragrant) ; xīng (star) ; yáng (yang) ; (easy) ; yīn (sound) ; yǐng (picture) ; zǎo (early) ; zhào (according to) ; zhě (in process of) ; zhuō (table) ; zuì (most) ; zuó (previous)
Also uses gǔn component: (husband) (store) ; shū (book) ; wèi (not yet) ; xíng (permitted) ; yōu (distant) ; zhí (straight) ; zhōng (centre)

Sounds same

jiù (fault) ; jiù (at once)

Different tone

jiǔ (nine) ; jiǔ (wine) ; jiǔ (long time)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

旧病复发 jiù bìng fù fā It is difficult to shake off a deeply rooted habit