旧

jiù = ji + ou4

old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

旧 = 丨 + 日 : 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.

旧 character breakdown

旧
- 丨
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 旧 as component

dào = d + ao4

variant of 稻[dao4]

ér = Ø + Ø2

Japanese variant of 兒|儿[er2]

yàn = y + an4

old variant of 焰[yan4]

xiàn = xi + an4

Japanese variant of 陷[xian4]

Words with 旧

shabby

to reminisce / to talk about former times

as before / as in the past

old wine in a new bottle (idiom)

old wine in a new bottle (idiom)

to turn over a new leaf

out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula

Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)

to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds

outmoded / old-fashioned

outmoded / decadent / decaying

History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls

old rules / example from the past / former practices

in the past / formerly

former name

old friends

do not neglect old friends

new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

Sentences with 旧

旧 currently does not appear in any sentence.