Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
549 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
  • 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long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date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

14 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
广
Variants:
calendar, almanac
Kun:
こよみ
On:
レキリャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暦 【コヨミ】 calendar, almanac
  • 暦年 【レキネン】 calendar year, civil year, time, year after year
  • 還暦 【カンレキ】 kanreki, one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
  • 改暦 【カイレキ】 calendar reform, adoption of a new calendar system, new calendar (for a new year), new year
  • 暦応 【リャクオウ】 Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court; 1338.8.28-1342.4.27), Rekiō era
  • 暦仁 【リャクニン】 Ryakunin era (1238.11.23-1239.2.7)
  • 永暦 【エイリャク】 Eiryaku era (1160.1.10-1161.9.4)
  • 康暦 【コウリャク】 Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court; 1379.3.22-1381.2.24)

Kun reading compounds

  • 暦 【こよみ】 calendar, almanac
  • 暦改正 【こよみかいせい】 calendar reform

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeog

Spanish

  • calendario
  • almanaque

Portuguese

  • calendário
  • almanaque

French

  • calendrier
  • almanach
1927 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1793 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
833 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1383 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1411 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2235 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1534 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1635 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1720 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
980 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3747 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2599 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
217 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14111P Morohashi
3018 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2507 New Nelson (John Haig)
213 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
226 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1707 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3378 2001 Kanji
2p12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-12 SKIP code
7126.9 Four corner code
1-46-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66a6 Unicode hex code