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老
JLPT N3 SL4 6 strokes Frequency: #803

Meanings

Old Man, Old Age, Grow Old

Radicals

老 εŒ•

Decomposition

βΏ±θ€‚εŒ•

Etymology

Pictographic: A person bent over with long hairΒ εŒ•Β and a crutch; compare 耂

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)
ロウ rou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
お o
ち fu