Memory phrase for the Kanji: 古

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furui

Ten 十 and mouth 口 (古 was derived from the image of a skull). See this as the image of a grave mound with a cross.

Under the tomb mound/stone lies the "old".

口	mouth	A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
十	ten, 10	Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
古	old	Picture of a gravestone

Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

古い	ふるい	old (not person), aged, ancient, obsolete
古紙	こし	wastepaper
考古学	こうこがく	archaeology
中古	ちゅうこ	used, second-hand, old
古代	こだい	ancient times
古典	こてん	old book, classics, classic
稽古	けいこ	practice, training, study

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