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The traditional character 舊 is composed of the grass radical 艹 at the top, the bird component 隹 in the middle, and the mortar component 臼 at the bottom. It originally denoted an owl but was later borrowed to mean "old" or "past". The simplified form 旧, used today, replaces this structure with the vertical stroke 丨 on the left and the sun component 日 on the right. The character's core meaning refers to what is former, aged, or of bygone times, serving as the direct opposite of "new" in describing objects, relationships, or eras.
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这本书很旧。
我的旧电脑坏了。
她扔掉了旧玩具。
旧照片让我回忆过去。
这座旧桥需要维修。
在旧社会，生活很艰难。
他怀念旧日的时光。
尽管这栋建筑旧了，但它仍然很有价值。