Jisho

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旧

5 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
｜ 日
Variants:
舊
old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
Kun:
ふる.い、 もと
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
549 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 旧 【キュウ】 old, former, ex-, the old, old things, old customs, old times, bygone days, Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
  • 旧式 【キュウシキ】 old type, old style
  • 新旧 【シンキュウ】 new and old, incoming and outgoing
  • 懐旧 【カイキュウ】 reminiscence, nostalgia, thinking fondly of the past, recalling the old days

Kun reading compounds

  • 古い 【ふるい】 old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu4
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • antiguo
  • viejo
  • viejos tiempos

Portuguese

  • tempos antigos
  • coisas antigas
  • amigo velho
  • ex-
  • anteriores

French

  • ancien temps
  • anciennes choses
  • ancien ami
  • ancien -
  • ex-
759 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
677 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
648 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
808 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
94 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
760 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
595 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
119 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1216 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1279 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1376 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
964 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
14 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
35 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13737 Morohashi
14 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2412 New Nelson (John Haig)
35 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
35 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
649 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1278 2001 Kanji
4c1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-4 SKIP code
2600.0 Four corner code
1-21-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e7 Unicode hex code

幕

13 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
大 巾 艾 日
curtain, bunting, act of play
Kun:
とばり
On:
マク、 バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
835 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 幕 【マク】 curtain, act (in a play), falling of the curtain, end (of a scene), end, close, case, occasion, role (to play), part, place, makuuchi, top division
  • 幕開け 【マクアケ】 rise of the curtain, opening of a play, beginning (e.g. of an era), start, opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
  • 入幕 【ニュウマク】 advancing to the first grade
  • 閉幕 【ヘイマク】 falling of the curtain, (coming to an) end, close
  • 幕末 【バクマツ】 Bakumatsu period, closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of the Edo period
  • 幕府 【バクフ】 shogunate, bakufu, shogun's headquarters, Imperial Guards office, residence of the Imperial Guards commander
  • 帷幕 【イバク】 curtain, field staff headquarters, secret meeting place
  • 討幕 【トウバク】 attacking the shogunate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mag

Spanish

  • cortina
  • telón
  • acto de una obra
  • del gobierno shogun
  • final

Portuguese

  • cortina
  • pano p/ decoração
  • atuar em peças teatrais

French

  • rideaux
  • guirlande
  • acte (théâtre)
989 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
977 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
836 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1250 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1252 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1989 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1432 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1521 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1157 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
570 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2937 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1509 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
416 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9051X Morohashi
2335 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1578 New Nelson (John Haig)
409 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
437 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
967 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1944 2001 Kanji
3k10.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-10-3 SKIP code
2-7-6 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-43-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e55 Unicode hex code