Character Contained In References Comments
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traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
臼 萑 ⿱雈臼
Mandarin
jiu4, xiu1
English
Definitions
old (opposite of new); former; ancient; past
Mnemonic
Originally meant a type of owl
Etymology
Notes
Originally a heron 雚 coming out of a pit (compare 1001-0); 1001-0 was later changed to 臼