The kanji 旧: meaning, readings and stroke order

旧

Meaning: old, former
On reading: キュウ kyuu
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 日 sun, day
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 舊

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cũ, xưa (cựu)
Japanese: ふるい。むかしの。
Korean: 옛, 예전 (구)
Chinese: 旧、从前

Readings, words and example sentences

キュウ kyuu · on reading

旧きゅう友ゆう
old friend
町で 旧きゅう友ゆうに会いました。
I ran into an old friend in town.

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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.