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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)

古注こちゅう

commentaries of the ancients

古川ふるかわ

old river

古傷ふるきず

old wound

古強者ふるつわもの

feudal warrior

古ぼけるふるぼける

to look old

古新聞ふるしんぶん

old newspapers

古女ごまめ

dried young anchovies (or sardines)

古典芸能こてんげいのう

classical theatre

used paper

聞き古したききふるした

trite

古代紫こだいむらさき

reddish-purple

古典時代こてんじだい

the classical period

古生代こせいだい

Paleozoic era

古典音楽こてんおんがく

classical music

古典学者こてんがくしゃ

classicist

古銭学者こせんがくしゃ

numismatist

古拙こせつ

artless but attractive in a quaint sense

古物商人こぶつしょうにん

antiques dealer

古典主義者こてんしゅぎしゃ

classicist

懐古かいこ

reminiscence

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