EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 3
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn

    of things, not people

    ケンが使っている机はもう古い。
    The desk that Ken uses is old.
  2. long; since long ago; time-honored

  3. of the distant past; long-ago

  4. stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny

  5. old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date

Also written 旧い【ふるい】故い【ふるい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

old

Kun
ふる.いふる--ふる.す
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
509 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ふゆ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
2k3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4060.0Four corner code
1577deroo
53e4Unicode hex code
1-24-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
702New Nelson (John Haig)
2002New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1262Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1728Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
16Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
373A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
154Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
93Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3233Morohashi
109A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
172Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70sakade
32Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
121henshall3
107Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
320crowley
86Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
278Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
16Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu3Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level