舊

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See also: 旧
舊 U+820A, 舊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-820A
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 舋 →

Translingual

Japanese 旧
Simplified 旧
Traditional 舊

Han character

舊 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+12 in traditional Chinese, 臼+11 in mainland China, Japanese and Korean, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese, 17 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 廿人土難 (TOGX), four-corner 44777, composition ⿱雈臼(HT) or ⿱萑臼(GJKV))

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1006, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30249
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1462, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3043, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+820A

Chinese

trad. 舊
simp. 旧*
alternative forms 𦾔 calligraphic
𫡹 Bronze inscription

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (臼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
臼 *ɡuʔ
齨 *ɡuʔ
桕 *ɡuʔ
舅 *ɡuʔ
舊 *ɡʷɯs
匶 *ɡʷɯs
閰 *kuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷɯs) : semantic 雈 (“owl”) + phonetic 臼 (OC *ɡuʔ).

Originally refers to a type of owl; later borrowed for a homophonous word meaning "old." The upper portion frequently appears as 萑 (a type of grass).

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)əw-n (“elder brother; senior male relative”), which is also compared to 舅 (OC *ɡuʔ, “maternal uncle”), 昆 (OC *kuːn, “elder brother”) (Sagart, 1999; STEDT).

Baxter and Sagart (2014) compares it to 久 (OC *ʷəʔ). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • gô - vernacular;
  • gêu - literary.
Note:
  • kū - vernacular;
  • kiū - literary.
Note:
  • jiou5 - vernacular;
  • jiou4 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 舊
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 群 (30)
    Final (韻) 尤 (136)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 巨救切
    Baxter gjuwH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɡɨuH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɡiuH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɡiəuH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/guwH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɡiuH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɡĭəuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/gi̯ə̯uH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiù
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gau6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 舊
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jiù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ gjuwH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*N-kʷəʔ-s/
    English old

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 舊
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6981
    Phonetic
    component         		臼
    Rime
    group         		之
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		舊
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷɯs/

    Definitions

    舊

    1. old; former; past
      Antonym: 新 (xīn)
      舊思想／旧思想  ―  jiù sīxiǎng  ―  old way of thinking
      他重獲舊職。／他重获旧职。  ―  Tā chónghuò jiù zhí.  ―  He got his former job back.
      你的新房子和你的舊房子比起來怎樣？ [MSC, trad.]
      你的新房子和你的旧房子比起来怎样？ [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐ de xīn fángzǐ hé nǐ de jiù fángzǐ bǐ qǐlái zěnyàng?
      How does your new house compare with your old one?
    2. old; used; worn
      地毯舊了，但還能用。 [MSC, trad.]
      地毯旧了，但还能用。 [MSC, simp.]
      Dìtǎn jiù le, dàn hái néng yòng.
      The carpet is worn but still serviceable.
      我在閣樓上有好幾箱舊衣服。 [MSC, trad.]
      我在阁楼上有好几箱旧衣服。 [MSC, simp.]
      Wǒ zài gélóu shàng yǒu hǎojǐ xiāng jiù yīfú.
      I've got boxes of old clothes in the attic.
    3. former; once-existing
      舊熱河省／旧热河省  ―  jiù Rèhé shěng  ―  the former Rehe province
    4. old friend or friendship, or things in the past
      故舊／故旧  ―  gùjiù  ―  old friend
      懷舊／怀旧  ―  huáijiù  ―  to be nostalgic for the past
      念舊／念旧  ―  niànjiù  ―  to cherish old friendships
    5. (dialectal) last; previous
      舊年／旧年 [Cantonese]  ―  gau6 nin4-2   ―  last year
      舊擺／旧摆 [Hokkien]  ―  kū-pái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  last time
    Synonyms
    • 老 (lǎo, “old; aged”)
    Antonyms
    • 新 (xīn, “new”)

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of 舊 – see 嚿 (“hundred dollars/yuan; etc.”).
    (This character is a variant form of 嚿).

    References

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    		旧

    Kyūjitai

    		舊

    Kanji

    舊

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 旧)

    1. old

    Readings

    Definitions

    Kanji in this term
    舊
    きゅう
    Hyōgaiji
    kan’on
    Kanji in this term
    舊
    ふる
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 舊 – see the following entry.
    【旧】5
    Hyōgaiji kanji
    Kanji reading:
    ぐ, きゅう, く, ふるい, もと
    (This term, 舊, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

    Korean

    Hanja

    舊 (eumhun 예 구 (ye gu))

    1. Hanja form? of 예 (“old”).

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    舊: Hán Nôm readings: cựu, lâu

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