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 <WL>旧(F舊) [jiù] old (not new); 仍旧 still (as before); 陈旧 obsolete; 破旧 old/shabby; 发旧 wear out; 旧病 old/chronic illness
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-The simple-form character 旧 jiù ‘old’ is an abbrev. of the full-form 𦾔, as can be seen from the intermediate form 𦾔 (舊𦾔旧); the lower part 臼 becomes 旧, and the upper part 雈 is dropped completely.
+The simple-form character 旧 (5 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form 舊 (17 strokes), as can be seen from the old intermediate form 𦾔(舊𦾔旧); the lower part 臼 became 旧, and the upper part 雈 was omitted.
-	The Shuōwén Seal form of 舊(􀧳􀧴鵂) jiù ‘owl’ combines 雈(􀧯) huán ‘horned owl’, and 臼(􁍴) jiù ‘mortar (hollow/nest in the ground)’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 鵂(􀧴) xiū, with 休(􁂗) xiū ‘rest (for a spell)’ (phonosemantic); cf. 鸺鹠 ‘owl’.
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 舊(􀧳􀧴鵂) jiù ‘owl’ combines 雈(􀧯) huán ‘horned owl’, and 臼(􁍴) jiù ‘mortar (hollow/nest in the ground)’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 鵂(􀧴) xiū, with 休(􁂗) xiū ‘rest (for a spell)’ (phonosemantic); cf. 鸺/鵂, 鹠/鶹 (鸺鹠), 枭 ‘owl’.
 	Note: Formerly 舊 jiù ‘owl’ (old/wise bird, famously unfilial, vs. 乌), later borrowed for 舊 jiù ‘old’ (新旧); cf. 鹫/鷲(􀨽𪆩) jiù ‘vulture’ (the MC initials differed).
 	Compare: 久(􀻝) jiǔ ‘long (time)’; 㝌(􁏤) jiù ‘chronic disease’, later wr. 疚; 灸(􁮄) jiǔ ‘moxibustion’; 柩(􂎚􂎙匛𠥬􂎛) jiù ‘coffin’.
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 	Compare: 老 ‘old (not young)’; 新 ‘new’ (新旧 ‘the old/conventional and the new’); 古今 ‘ancient and modern’.
 	Note: In some contexts 旧 jiù ‘ancient (not very old)’, vs. 古 gǔ ‘ancient (very old)’, vs. 上古 ‘extreme antiquity’.
+	Compare: 舄(􀪮舃􀪯𩁆䧿鵲) què ‘magpie’ (喜鹊), in which 𦥑(􀝵) jú (phonosemantic).
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