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

old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem

,

lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.

old calendar / out-of-date customs

old acquaintance / former friend

Paleolithic Era

old term / old way of referring to sth

Old Testament

former appearance / what it used to look like

old verse / poetry in the old style

old tune / fig. conservative opinion / the same old stuff

replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff

former acquaintance / old friend

sale of second-hand goods / flea market

old system / former rules

old traces / signs from the past

second-hand car market / used bike market

place one has previously visited / old haunts

old capital

old friends

old form of writing / piece in the old style

Sentences with 旧

旧 currently does not appear in any sentence.