古 (ふる) — old, ancient, used

古ふる old

Frequency #3173 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 1 character noun

furu

ふる

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ふる[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

old
ancient
used

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ふる古 old

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古(ふる)い furui old 名(な)古(ご)屋(や) nagoya Nagoya 古(こ)代(だい) kodai ancient times 古(こ)典(てん) koten classic 中(ちゅう)古(こ) chuuko secondhand 稽(けい)古(こ) keiko practice 考(こう)古(こ)学(がく) koukogaku archaeology 古(ふる)本(ほん)屋(や) furuhonya secondhand bookstore

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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