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

History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

old capital

old dreams

the Old World / Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸|新大陆[xin1 da4 lu4] or the Americas

old friendship

kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946

old learning / Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West

notable former families

last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)

old grievance / former complaint

old wrong / past grievance / wickedness of former times

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

old posture / former situation

see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2]

old and damaged / in disrepair

old friend / former acquaintance

old teachings; wisdom from the past / the Old Religion (i.e. Roman Catholicism) 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], as opposed to Protestantism 新教[Xin1 jiao4]

former times / the olden days

evocation of the past

old calendar / the Chinese lunar calendar / same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4]

Sentences with 旧

旧 currently does not appear in any sentence.