# 古 — Old

Frequency rank 376 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 馬 (Horse), less common than 映 (Reflect).

- On’yomi: こ
- Kun’yomi: ふる
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The character 古 (old) looks like a cross on top of a mouth — an ancient tombstone with a cross, so old that even the mouth beneath has gone silent.

In words:

- 古い ふるい — old (not used for people)
- 古 いにしえ — antiquity;ancient times
- 古典 こてん — old book,classics,classic

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