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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

549 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-

Kunyomi: ふる.い, もと

Onyomi: キュウ

Composition: 丨 日

旧

Radical

Radical: 日

Reading: ひへん

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Reading: ひへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

旧(きゅう)   old, ex-

旧姓(きゅうせい)   maiden name

旧式(きゅうしき)   old-fashioned

旧制(きゅうせい)   old system, old order

旧家(きゅうか)   old family

旧暦(きゅうれき)   old lunar calendar

旧約聖書(きゅうやくせいしょ)   Old Testament

新旧(しんきゅう)   new and old

旧弊な(きゅうへいな)   old-fashioned, conservative

復旧する(ふっきゅうする)   restore, restitute, rehabilitate

Onyomi Examples

旧 (キュウ) old, former, ex-, the old, old things, old customs, old times, bygone days, Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

旧式 (キュウシキ) old type, old style

新旧 (シンキュウ) new and old, incoming and outgoing

懐旧 (カイキュウ) reminiscence, nostalgia, thinking fondly of the past, recalling the old days

Kunyomi Examples

古い (ふるい) old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date

元 (もと) former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before

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