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老

old man
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingロウ
Kun readingお.いる、ふ.ける
JōyōGrade 4

Popular Usage

老い老いる

Radicals and components

Radical老oldComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1340

Compound words

老いおい
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly
老いるおいる
to age; to grow old
敬老けいろう
respect for the aged
元老げんろう
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
初老しょろう
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
長老ちょうろう
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
老朽ろうきゅう
infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; senescence; superannuation
老後ろうご
old age
老子ろうし
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
老人ろうじん
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
老衰ろうすい
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
老婆ろうば
old woman
老齢ろうれい
old age; advanced age
老若ろうにゃく
young and old; all ages
老舗しにせ
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
海老えび
prawn; shrimp; lobster
老化ろうか
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
老眼ろうがん
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
老婦ろうふ
old woman
老年ろうねん
old age
養老ようろう
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
老女ろうじょ
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
養老院ようろういん
home for the aged; old people's home
老けるふける
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

Stroke Order

6 strokes

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