旧

Glyph origin
Variant of.

The reformative usage in simplified Chinese and Japanese that replaced can be analysed either as from an elimination of  with glyphic alteration from  to  or as using a homophonic character.

Glyph origin
Graphical variant of, which is also the phonetic component of and.

Compounds

 * : old type
 * : old system
 * : former surname
 * : old state of affairs
 * : the old school
 * : Old Testament
 * : traditional
 * : hometown
 * : Japan's old lunisolar calendar;
 * : former residence
 * : old stock
 * : old evil
 * : ex-soldier
 * : lunisolar New Year
 * : the old world
 * : paleoconservative
 * : nostalgia
 * : recover
 * : be restored to a former state

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) old things, original state, former state, old times
 * 2) the old calendar based on a lunar system

Prefix

 * 1) paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former