Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
古 (5)
コ
ふる(い・びる・めかしい)
S/B
S/B combines 口 mouth + an object being expelled
→ expectorate dry, aged, unpalatable food → old; hard; dry up; dried out; stale → used; old-fashioned.
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