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古 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 古 意味

old

古 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

ふる.い furu.i
ふる- furu-
-ふる.す -furu.su

KUNYOMI 訓読み

コ ko

Examples

森のはずれに古小屋が立っているのが見えた。We saw an old hut standing at the margin of the forest.
彼女は古新聞紙を山積みにして置いておいた。She left the old newspapers lying in a heap.

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