# 旧

| 旧 | U+65E7, &#26087; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E7 |
| ← 旦 [U+65E6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 旨 → [U+65E8] |

## Translingual

| 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

* 𫩥, 𪥮, 𣐤, 𫂻, 𪜢, 𫇰, 𱬹, 㫪, 𣇃, 𭑣, 𦾔, 児, 𫝒, 𣆨, 𭴷, 𣇑, 𠢎, 𠀥
* 𣵥, 陥, 焔, 𰨬, 𰸒, 𱊹, 𮨌, 𥦇, 𰯤, 𰹣
* 𡘨, 𭓿, 𠖚, 𭐬, 𱦞, 𦆊, 𲄁, 𠮘, 𭮳, 𭤥

#### 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:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### 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

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 舊)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)
* Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: く (ku)
* Kun: ふるい (furui, 旧い)、もと (moto, 旧)

#### Compounds

* 旧(きゅう)式(しき) (kyūshiki): old type
* 旧(きゅう)制(せい) (kyūsei): old system
* 旧(きゅう)姓(せい) (kyūsei): former surname
* 旧(きゅう)態(たい) (kyūtai): old state of affairs
* 旧(きゅう)派(は) (kyūha): the old school
* 旧(きゅう)約(やく) (kyūyaku): Old Testament
* 旧(きゅう)来(らい) (kyūrai): traditional
* 旧(きゅう)里(り) (kyūri): hometown
* 旧(きゅう)暦(れき) (kyūreki): Japan's old lunisolar calendar;
* 旧(きゅう)居(きょ) (kyūkyo): former residence
* 旧(きゅう)株(かぶ) (kyūkabu): old stock
* 旧(きゅう)弊(へい) (kyūhei): old evil
* 旧(きゅう)軍(ぐん)人(じん) (kyūgunjin): ex-soldier
* 旧(きゅう)正(しょう)月(がつ) (kyūshōgatsu): lunisolar New Year
* 旧(きゅう)世(せ)界(かい) (kyūsekai): the old world
* 旧(きゅう)保(ほ)守(しゅ) (kyūhoshu): paleoconservative
* 懐(かい)旧(きゅう) (kaikyū): nostalgia
* 復(ふっ)旧(きゅう) (fukkyū): recover
* 旧(きゅう)に復(ふく)する (kyū ni fukusuru): be restored to a former state

### 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

* (Tokyo) きゅう [kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲɨː]

#### Noun

旧(きゅう) • (kyū)
* old things, original state, former state, old times
* the old calendar based on a lunar system

#### Prefix

旧(きゅう) • (kyū-)
* 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

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN