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

San Francisco, California

second-hand goods / used items for sale

lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge

one's former subordinates

old look / former appearance

second-hand car market / used bike market

place one has previously visited / old haunts

old capital

old friends

old form of writing / piece in the old style

poetry in the old style

relatives and old friends

to reminisce

usher out the old, greet the new / esp. to see in the New Year

to make friends again / to renew old cordial relations

replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff

former acquaintance / old friend

sale of second-hand goods / flea market

old system / former rules

old traces / signs from the past

Sentences with 旧

旧 currently does not appear in any sentence.