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旧 — old; opposite: new 新; former

old; opposite: new 新; former; worn

Pinyin
jiù
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 旧: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

旧 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 旧

Words with 旧 in the HSK syllabus: 6

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former; wornHSK 3
  2. 仍旧réngjiùstill; to remain; yetHSK 6
  3. 依旧yījiùas before; still; to remain the sameHSK 6
  4. 陈旧chénjiùold-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquatedHSK 7–9
  5. 怀旧huáijiùto feel nostalgic; nostalgiaHSK 7–9
  6. 破旧pòjiùshabbyHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.