きゅう
だい

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. older generation, past generation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
きゅう
だい
旧世代 きゅうせだい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

old times, old things, old friend
キュウ ふる.い もと (5th, N2)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
day, sun, Japan
ひ ニチ にっ (1st, N5)
generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
substitute, change, convert
ダイ か.わる よ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)