舊 [旧] jìu
(形) adjective
: old; opposite: new; former; worn
Kun Reading
旧 | ふる furu
noun
: used item; secondhand; old; used
旧 | もと moto
Noun | No-adjective
: former; ex-
旧 | ふるい furui
adjective
: old (not person); aged; ancient; stale; obsolete
On Reading
旧 | きゅう kyuu
noun
: ex-; former; old
舊事 jiu4shi4: old affair; former matter [旧事|くじ kuji: past events; bygones]
舊交 jiu4 jiao1: old friend [きゅうこう kyuukou]
舊地 jiu4 di4: once familiar places; former haunts [きゅうち kyuuchi: former territory]
舊地重遊 jiu4 di4 chong2 you2: to revisit old haunts: down memory lane
舊金山 jiu4 jin1 shan1: San Francisco, California
念舊 nian4 jiu4: to remember old friends; to cherish old friendships; for old time’s sake
敘舊 [叙旧] xu4 jiu4: to reminisce
破舊 po4 jiu4: shabby
Japanese expression
旧交を温める | きゅうこうをあたためる kyuukou o atatameru: to renew old friendship
Chinese expression/idiom
舊病復發 [旧病复发] jiu4 bing4 fu4 fa1
: reoccurrence of an old illness; a relapse: to repeat an old error; the same old problem
舊的不去，新的不來 jiu4 de5 bu4 qu4, xin1 de5 bu4 lai2
: If the old doesn’t go, the new will not come.; You can’t make progress by clinging to old notions.
会意 Associative Compound.
Bird 雈 (huan2: egret) perched on a
nest 臼 (jiu4: mortar; bone socket) (original meaning of “owl”)
the original meaning of this character was “owl.” The “grass” radical represented the bird’s “horns” the dove radical helped further fix the meaning and jiu4 gave the sound. The meaning “old” is by sound loan.
簡體 Simplified.
旧. Created as unique simplification #131 (舊 » 旧).
老人家有時會有點守舊。
lao3ren2jia1 you3shi2 hui4 you3dian3 shou3jiu4.
The older generation can sometimes be a little old-fashioned (conservative).
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
