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翁

venerable old man
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingオウ
Kun readingおきな
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. venerable old manRtK
  1. old man
  2. venerable gentleman
  3. venerable
  4. old
  5. father

Radicals and components

Radical羽feather
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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public · eight (八) · elbows · feathers · wings

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 849

Compound words

翁貝おきながい
lantern shell
翁媼おうおう
old man and old woman
玄翁げんのう
sledgehammer
村翁そんおう
village elder
老翁ろうおう
old man
翁の面おきなのめん
old man's mask
翁戎貝おきなえびすがい
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
信天翁アホウドリ
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
白頭翁はくとうおう
windflower
不倒翁ふとうおう
tumbler
翁恵比須おきなえびす
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
翁恵比須貝おきなえびすがい
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
煤色信天翁すすいろあほうどり
sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
人間万事塞翁が馬にんげんばんじさいおうがうま
inscrutable are the ways of heaven

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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