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Translation

jiù = ji + ou4: old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

Mnemonic

In the year 2076 Joan of Arc (ji) and the sun (日) meet again in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are both very old (旧) and have to use dinosaur bones (丨) as crooks.

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旧 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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sun / day / date, day of the month
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Characters with 旧 as component

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Japanese variant of 兒|儿[er2]
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old variant of 焰[yan4]
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Japanese variant of 陷[xian4]
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Words with 旧

still (remaining) / to remain (the same) / yet
as before / still
to feel nostalgic / nostalgia
conservative / reactionary
Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
worn out / old-fashioned and dilapidated
the conservative faction / reactionaries
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake
see 懷舊|怀旧[huai2 jiu4]
do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
to restore old way / to return to the past
dwelling on the past / difficulty in adapting to changes

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