旧

See also: 舊, 伯, and 1日
旧 U+65E7, 旧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E7
← 旦
[U+65E6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 旨 →
[U+65E8]

Translingual
Stroke order
0 strokes
Japanese 旧
Simplified 旧
Traditional 舊

Glyph origin

Variant of 臼.

The reformative usage in simplified Chinese and Japanese that replaced 舊 can be analysed either as from an elimination of 雈 with glyphic alteration from 臼 to 旧 or as using a homophonic character.

Han character

旧 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中日 (LA), composition ⿰丨日)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 489, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13737
  • Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1483, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+65E7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Graphical variant of 臼 (jiù), which is also the phonetic component of 舊 (jiù) and 舅 (jiù).

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 舊 (“old; former; past; old; used; worn; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 舊).
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 臼 (“mortar; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 臼).

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see 舅 (“maternal uncle; brother-in-law; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 舅).

Japanese

Shinjitai

 旧

Kyūjitai

 舊

Kanji
旧

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 舊)

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
旧
きゅう
Grade: 5
kan’on
Alternative spelling
舊 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 舊 (MC gjuwH).

Pronunciation

Noun

旧(きゅう) • (kyū) ←きう (kiu)?

  1. old things, original state, former state, old times
  2. the old calendar based on a lunar system

Prefix

旧(きゅう) • (kyū-) ←きう (kiu)?

  1. paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former
    世界平和統一家庭連合(せかいへいわとういつかていれんごう)（旧(きゅう)統一教会(とういつきょうかい)）
    Sekai Heiwa Tōitsu Katei Rengō (kyū-Tōitsu Kyōkai)
    Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (former Unification Church)
    旧(きゅう)Twitter(ツイッター)
    kyū-tsuittā
    formerly known as Twitter

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
旧
ふる
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
舊 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 旧 – see the following entry.
【古ふる】2
[noun] used item, secondhand item, hand-me-down
[prefix] paleo-, old, used, previous
Alternative spelling
故
(This term, 旧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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