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Kanji Detail for 舊 - "old, age, before, old friend, old calendar"
舊
- Meaning
舊 means "old, age, before, old friend, old calendar."
Old - Ancient; former.
Age - To become old.
Before - In the past; formerly.
Old friend - An acquaintance from long ago.
Old calendar - The lunar calendar (Japanese usage).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
old things; old friend; old times; former; ex-
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
old, ancient; former, past
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
old, ancient; former, past
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Former. The opposite of new. Such as 新學 (new learning), 舊學 (old learning). 新人 (new person), 舊人 (old person). | Friendship is called 舊. Such as old acquaintances say "have history with someone."
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