旧 jiù old; opposite: new ?; former
Made up of [日 rì sun; day radical 72, 丨 gǔn line radical 2]Alternative traditional form of character: 舊
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 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Also uses 丨 gǔn component: 夫 fū (husband) 铺 pù (store) ; 书 shū (book) ; 未 wèi (not yet) ; 行 xíng (permitted) ; 攸 yōu (distant) ; 直 zhí (straight) ; 中 zhōng (centre)
Sounds same
咎 jiù (fault) ; 就 jiù (at once)Different tone
九 jiǔ (nine) ; 酒 jiǔ (wine) ; 久 jiǔ (long time)Pronunciation
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