jiù

old

opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)

mark (丨) + sun/day (日) = days tallied, growing old

Days piling up — marked by a single stroke — are what turn things old and worn. The more suns that pass, the more aged something becomes.

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A vertical strokeSemantic
The sunSemantic

这件衣服太了,我想买一件新的。

zhè jiàn yī fu tài jiù le,wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī jiàn xīn de。

These clothes are too old; I want to buy a new pair.

他还住在房子里,不愿意搬走。

tā hái zhù zài jiù fáng zi lǐ,bù yuàn yì bān zǒu。

He still lives in the old house and is unwilling to move away.

Words with 旧

重修旧好

chóng xiū jiù hǎo

to make friends again

重提旧事

chóng tí jiù shì

to raise the same old topic again

重操旧业

chóng cāo jiù yè

to resume one's old trade (idiom)

重历旧游

chóng lì jiù yóu

to revisit

重温旧梦

chóng wēn jiù mèng

to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences

重温旧业

chóng wēn jiù yè

to resume one's old trade (idiom)

除旧布新

chú jiù bù xīn

to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

除旧更新

chú jiù gēng xīn

to replace the old with new (idiom)

陈旧

chén jiù

old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated

陈规旧习

chén guī jiù xí

old rules and customs

一切如旧

yī qiè rú jiù

everything as before

不念旧恶

bù niàn jiù è

do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget

More characters with 丨