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古

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古 Old

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

こ

Mostly used when 古 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

ふるい、ふる-、-ふるす

Mostly used when 古 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
5
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 2
Frequency
#509

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).