舊

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X (TOGX), four-corner 4477₇, composition ⿱雈臼(HT) or ⿱萑臼(GJKV))

• 嚿, 欍, 匶, 𠥬, 𢑇, 𦧃, 𭍸

• 旧 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

• KangXi: 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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).

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 *[k]ʷəʔ). See there for more.

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? [Pinyin]

   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.]

   Dì tǎn jiù le, dàn hái néng yòng. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   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

   • 孔子之舊曰原壤。其母死，夫子將助之以木槨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孔子之旧曰原壤。其母死，夫子将助之以木椁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The School Sayings of Confucius, c. 206 BCE– 220 CE

     Kǒngzǐ zhī jiù yuē Yuán Rǎng. Qí mǔ sǐ, fūzǐ jiāng zhù zhī yǐ mùguǒ. [Pinyin]

     Confucius's old friend was named Yuan Rang. [Yuan Rang]'s mother died; the Master helped him get a wooden outer coffin.

5. (dialectal) last; previous

   舊年／旧年 [Cantonese]  ―  gau⁶ nin^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  last year

   舊擺／旧摆 [Hokkien]  ―  kū-pái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  last time

• 老 (lǎo, “old; aged”)

• 新 (xīn, “new”)

• “舊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #12587”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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

1. old

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: く (ku)
• Kun: ふるい (furui, 舊い); もと (moto, 舊)

舊 (eumhun 예 구 (ye gu))

1. Hanja form^? of 예 (“old”).

• 친구 (親舊, chin'gu, “friend”)

舊: Hán Nôm readings: cựu, lâu

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