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่€
JLPT N3 SL4 6 strokes Frequency: #803

Meanings

Old Man, Old Age, Grow Old

Radicals

่€

Decomposition

โฟฑ่€‚ๅŒ•

Etymology

Pictographic: A person bent over with long hairย ๅŒ•ย and a crutch; compareย ่€‚

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 vertical right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ใƒญใ‚ฆ rou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ใŠ o
ใต fu

Words Using This Kanji

256 words total
Other (20 words)
ๆฃ„่€ ใใ‚ใ†

historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.

ๆ•ฌ่€ใฎๆ—ฅ ใ‘ใ„ใ‚ใ†ใฎใฒ

Respect for the Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)

ๆ•ฌ่€ ใ‘ใ„ใ‚ใ†

respect for the aged

ๅ…ƒ่€ ใ’ใ‚“ใ‚ใ†

elder statesman

ๅ…ƒ่€้™ข ใ’ใ‚“ใ‚ใ†ใ„ใ‚“

(Roman) senate

ๅค่€ ใ“ใ‚ใ†

old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past)

่ปŠๆตท่€ ใใ‚‹ใพใˆใณ

kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus)

ๅˆ่€ ใ—ใ‚‡ใ‚ใ†

past middle age

ไธญ่€ ใกใ‚…ใ†ใ‚ใ†

middle age

้•ท่€ ใกใ‚‡ใ†ใ‚ใ†

elder

ๅนด่€ใ„ใ‚‹ ใจใ—ใŠใ„ใ‚‹

to grow old

ไธ่€ไธๆญป ใตใ‚ใ†ใตใ—

perpetual youth and longevity

ไธ่€ ใตใ‚ใ†

perennial youth

ไธ่€ๆณ‰ ใตใ‚ใ†ใ›ใ‚“

fountain of youth

้คŠ่€ๅนด้‡‘ ใ‚ˆใ†ใ‚ใ†ใญใ‚“ใใ‚“

old age pension

้คŠ่€้™ข ใ‚ˆใ†ใ‚ใ†ใ„ใ‚“

home for the aged

่€ใ‘ใ‚‹ ใตใ‘ใ‚‹

to age

่€ๅฆป ใ‚ใ†ใ•ใ„

old woman

่€ใ‘ ใตใ‘

aging

ๅฎถ่€ ใ‹ใ‚ใ†

chief retainer

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