古 – Kanji details

Keyword

old

Info

Frequency	Top 500-600
Type	Kyōiku (2nd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 9
Heisig	16
Readings	こ (52%) ふる (40%) いにしえ (4%) ご (1%)
	ぶるぐうぐうごいにしにしえ

Composed of

十

ten

口

mouth

Mnemonic

A pictograph of an old gravestone.

Used in kanji (16 in total)

苦

suffering

居

to be (animate object)

past

solidify

wither

ancient barbarian

mother-in-law

buying & selling

sin

depend

cobalt

???

mole cricket

exegesis

old business

almost enemy

Used in vocabulary (553 in total)

古ふるい

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

古こ代だい

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

稽けい古こ

practice; practising; training; study

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Examples (200 in total)

あの古ふるい車くるま、あいつはまだ走はしるよ。

That old car? It still runs, you know.

かなり古ふるいのに状じょう態たいがいいんだ。

It's quite old, but it's in good condition.

これはまた、ずいぶん古ふるい本ほんだね。

My, this is quite an old book.

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