kyūjitai (traditional form of Japanese kanji used before 1947)

the form of a character that belongs to a system, such as "Old", "New", "Simplified", "Traditional", etc.; this concerns the major, systematic differences, such as which radicals to be used, or stroke counts; compare 字形 (jikei)

shape, form, style

paleo-, old, used, previous

Kyūjitai form of 当

old things, original state, former state, old times / the old calendar based on a lunar system / used item, secondhand item

paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former

old; previous

a letter, a character (symbol for a sound or a word) / (linguistics) script, writing system / (specific to Japanese) a written mora, a kana / writing in general, written words

a letter or character (symbol for a sound or a word) / (linguistics) script, writing system / (specific to Japanese) a written mora, a kana / writing in general, written words