Kanji
N4 5 strokes Grade 2 freq #509

old

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mouth kuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

ancient times; distant past
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
ancient burial mound; barrow
archaeology; archeology
used; second-hand
old book; rare book
the oldest; the earliest
used car; secondhand car
antiquity; ancient times
ancient city; former capital

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

secondhand book
old clothes; secondhand clothing
old haunts; former homes
to look old; to get old
to waste away
worn-out shoes; worn-out socks

Example sentences

The problem is one of interpreting these ancient scriptures.

That ancient ruin was once a shrine.

He is a man with a classical education.

Reading classics is not easy.