The kanji 古: meaning, readings and stroke order

古

Meaning: old
On reading: コ ko
Kun reading: ふる（い） furui、ふる（す） furusu
Strokes: 5
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cũ (cổ)
Japanese: ふるい。
Korean: 낡다, 오래되다 (고)
Chinese: 旧、古老

Readings, words and example sentences

コ ko · on reading

中ちゅう古こ
used, secondhand
父が 中ちゅう古この車を買いました。
My dad bought a used car.

ふる（い） furui · kun reading

古ふるい
old
この家はとても 古ふるいです。
This house is very old.

ふる（す） furusu · kun reading · less common

古ふるす
wear out by using
書き古ふるした ノートを出しました。
I took out my old, well-used notebook.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.