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古 kanji
old
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
コ
Kun readings
ふるいふる--ふるす
Words with 古
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —古文書Popularhistorical document; archives; old manuscript; paleograph; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
- —名古屋PopularNagoya (city)
- —懐古reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
- —擬古imitation of classical styles
- —古意ancient ways; the feelings of the ancients
- —古音ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese
- —古画ancient painting
- —古雅classical elegance; antiquity
- —古格convention; usage; old customs; old etiquette
- —古学classical studies
- —古楽ancient (early) music
- —古器antique vessel; antique utensil; antique
- —古記ancient records
- —古儀ancient rites
- —古義old meaning; old interpretation
- —古曲old music
- —古句ancient expression; old poem
- —古訓ancient precepts; ancient teachings; old reading (of kanji or kanbun)
- —古賢ancient sage
- —古豪veteran; old-timer; experienced person