Hanja Analyzer
舊

舊 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
예 구
Romanization
gu
English
old, ancient; former, past
Mandarin
jiù
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, グ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
ふる.い もと
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Variant forms
旧
Radical
臼 (134, 12 residual)
Unicode
U+820A

How 舊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 舊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 雈, 臼.

Korean example words with 舊

  • 구국舊國 Korean gloss: 옛 조국
  • 구신舊臣 Korean gloss: 옛 신하
  • 구형舊型 Korean gloss: 구식 모양
  • 구화舊貨 Korean gloss: 예전의 돈
  • 구궁舊宮 Korean gloss: 오래된 궁전
  • 구도舊道 Korean gloss: 예전의 도로
  • 구법舊法 Korean gloss: 예전의 방법
  • 구율舊律 Korean gloss: 예전의 규율
  • 구제舊制 Korean gloss: 이전의 제도
  • 구랍舊臘 Korean gloss: 지난해의 섣달
  • 구간舊刊 Korean gloss: 예전에 나온 책
  • 구관舊館 Korean gloss: 전에 세운 건물

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Other hanja read “구”

丘 丠 丩 久 乆 九 仇 佝 俅 俱 倃 倶 傴 具 冓 劬 劶 勼 勾 匓 匛 匶 区 區 厩 厹 口 句 叴 呴 咎 嘔 坵 坸 垢 夻 姤 媾 嫗 寇 屨 岣 嶇 廄 廏 廐 彀 惧 懼 戵 扣 拘 捄 搆 摳 救 旧 昫 枸 柩

Other hanja with radical 臼

臼 臾 舁 舂 舃 舄 舅 與 興

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