JLPT N4 · 5 strokes
Kanji 古: "old"
The kanji 古 means "old". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read コ in on'yomi and ふる.い, ふる-, -ふる.す in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふる.いふる--ふる.す
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | old |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 509 of 2,501 |
Common words with 古
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 古いold; aged; ancient; antiquated · long; since long ago; time-honored
- 古代ancient times; distant past; antiquity
- 稽古practice; practising; training; study
- 古antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
- 古びるto look old; to get old
- 古くからfrom long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
- 古来from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
- 古風old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
- 名古屋Nagoya (city)
- 古典classic (work, esp. book); the classics
- 太古ancient times; prehistoric times
- 古きold; olden
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