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
Radical: 日
Reading: ひへん
Meaning: sun, day
Strokes: 4
Reading: ひへん
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
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
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long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date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