Mnemonic comic for 旧

Translation

jiù = ji + ou4: old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

Mnemonic

In the year 2076 Joan of Arc (ji) and the sun (日) meet again in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are both very old (旧) and have to use dinosaur bones (丨) as crooks.

旧 character breakdown

旧
- 丨
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 旧 as component

dào = d + ao4

variant of 稻[dao4]

ér = Ø + Ø2

Japanese variant of 兒|儿[er2]

yàn = y + an4

old variant of 焰[yan4]

xiàn = xi + an4

Japanese variant of 陷[xian4]

Words with 旧

Old Testament

former agreement / former contract

old illness / former affliction

old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory

old anecdote / stories passed on from former times

old habit / former custom

old calendar / out-of-date customs

old acquaintance / former friend

Paleolithic Era

old term / old way of referring to sth

Old Testament

former appearance / what it used to look like

old verse / poetry in the old style

old tune / fig. conservative opinion / the same old stuff

old school / conservative faction

old version

lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

old illness / former affliction

old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem

,

lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.

Sentences with 旧

旧 currently does not appear in any sentence.