| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
549 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
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
- 復旧 【フッキュウ】 restoration, restitution, rehabilitation
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long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date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
- 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-
| 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 |
abuse, evil, vice, breakage
- On:
- ヘイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1750 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弊 【ヘイ】 bad habit, harm, my, our
- 弊害 【ヘイガイ】 harmful effect, harmful influence, evil practice, abuse, malady
- 疲弊 【ヒヘイ】 exhaustion, fatigue, impoverishment, (financial) exhaustion, ruin
- 病弊 【ビョウヘイ】 evil influence, ill effect
Readings
- Korean:
- pye
Spanish
- desgastarse
- agotarse
- cansarse
- abuso
- vicio
- nuestro [humilde]
Portuguese
- abuso
- mau
- mal
- ruptura
French
- mal
- abus
- vice
- impropre à tout usage
- humblement
| 1779 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1406 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1551 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1457 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1266 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1782 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1914 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1797 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 601 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3583 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1843 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2508 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1050 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9644X | Morohashi |
| 2884 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1670 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1041 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1120 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1757 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-12-3 | SKIP code |
| 9844.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f0a | Unicode hex code |