Chinese Character 旧 Meanings and components.

Form

旧

Meaning

旧 meaning[3] in English

Old.

Opposite: New 新.

Former.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 旧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (丨) , and abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with LA

How to write 旧

To write旧jiu4old you should write a combination of 丨gun3radical in … , 日ri4abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

丨 + 日 = 旧

旧 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 旧 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 旧, looks as follow:

旧
Pinyin:jiu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old . Opposite: New 新 . Former . Worn (With Age)
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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