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古
JLPT N4 SL2 5 strokes Frequency: #509

Meanings

Old

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿱十口

Etymology

Ideographic: Words passing through ten 十 mouths 口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left
3 vertical bottom-to-top
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
コ ko
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ふる furu

Words Using This Kanji

388 words total
Other (20 words)
古典学 こてんがく

classics

古伝 こでん

legend

古道 こどう

old road

古筆家 こひつか

expert in old writing

古墳 こふん

ancient burial mound

古墨 こぼく

old ink stick

古例 これい

old precedent

古切れ ふるぎれ

old cloth

古巣 ふるす

old haunts

古代エジプト こだいエジプト

ancient Egypt

古池 ふるいけ

old pool

古典語 こてんご

classical or dead languages

古伝説 こでんせつ

old tradition

古道具屋 ふるどうぐや

secondhand store

古武道 こぶどう

ancient Japanese martial arts

古文学 こぶんがく

paleography

古本屋 ふるほんや

secondhand bookshop

古老 ころう

old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past)

古茶 こちゃ

last year's tea

懐古 かいこ

reminiscence

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