舊 (jiù)
old (of objects); past; former
How 舊 is written
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 舊
- Simplified
- 旧
Components
- 艹 grass
- 隹 small bird
- 臼 mortar
Common words using 舊
- 依舊 yījiù
- as before; still
- 懷舊 huáijiù
- fond remembrance of times past; nostalgia
- 仍舊 réngjiù
- still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
- 廢舊 fèijiù
- worn out; old fashioned and dilapidated
- 念舊 niànjiù
- to remember old friends; to cherish old friendships; for old time's sake
- 戀舊 liànjiù
- see 懷舊|怀旧[huai2 jiu4]
- 敘舊 xùjiù
- to reminisce; to talk about former times
- 照舊 zhàojiù
- as before; as in the past
- 破舊 pòjiù
- shabby
- 老舊 lǎojiù
- outmoded; old-fashioned
- 舊事 jiùshì
- old affair; former matter
- 舊友 jiùyǒu
- old friend
舊 in a sentence
這輛車太舊了，我想買新的。
Zhè liàng chē tài jiù le, wǒ xiǎng mǎi xīn de.
“This car is too old, I want to buy a new one.”
How common is 舊?
舊 is the 913th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.7% of all running text.
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