旧 – old times, old things, old friend

5 strokesTaught in grade 5#549 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 旧 means old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キュウ (kyuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふる.い、もと (furui, moto). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キュウ	kyuu
Kun’yomi	ふる.い	furui
Kun’yomi	もと	moto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: ｜・日.

Words using 旧

旧きゅうold復旧ふっきゅうrestoration旧知きゅうちold friend

Example sentences

官僚は旧法規の改正に関して、成り行きを見守っています。

Bureaucrats are testing the waters over revising old regulations.

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現在、通常のサービスの早急な復旧に努めています。

We are currently working to restore normal service as soon as possible.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景易春暴普昇星曜暮晴

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