Word Meaning 旧称

きゅうしょう kyuushou

旧称 is read as きゅうしょう (kyuushou) and means old name.

Meaning

English

old name
former title

Reading

Kana

きゅうしょう

Romaji

kyuushou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 102099 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

旧名称

きゅうめいしょう

former name

旧暦

きゅうれき

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

旧派

きゅうは

old school

旧態

きゅうたい

old state of affairs

旧石器時代

きゅうせっきじだい

Paleolithic

旧盆

きゅうぼん

Bon Festival of the lunar calendar

旧幕時代

きゅうばくじだい

the shogunate period

旧憲法

きゅうけんぽう

former constitution (i.e. in Japan, the Meiji Constitution)

旧新約聖書

きゅうしんやくせいしょ

Old and New Testaments

旧石器文化

きゅうせっきぶんか

Palaeolithic culture

旧帝国大学

きゅうていこくだいがく

former imperial university

旧市街

きゅうしがい

old town