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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