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老
JLPT N3 SL4 6 strokes Frequency: #803

Meanings

Old Man, Old Age, Grow Old

Radicals

老

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

Words Using This Kanji

256 words total
Other (20 words)
η”Ÿη—…θ€ζ­» せいびょうろうし

birth, illness, old age and death

老人介護 γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ‹γ„γ”

care for the aged

老人性θͺηŸ₯η—‡ γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ›γ„γ«γ‚“γ‘γ—γ‚‡γ†

senile dementia

θ€δΊΊε•ι‘Œ γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ‚‚γ‚“γ γ„

problems of the elderly

相老い γ‚γ„γŠγ„

growing old together (as a married couple)

老撅 ろうばい

old plum tree

老人θͺž γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ”

old people's talk

老頭児 γƒ­γƒΌγƒˆγƒ«

old person

老け鑔 γ΅γ‘γŒγŠ

old-looking face

θ€ηŒ« ろうびょう

old cat

清老頭 チンラγ‚ͺγƒˆγ‚¦

all terminals

老人学 γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γŒγ

gerontology

θ€δΊΊεŒ»η™‚δΏι™Ί γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ»γ‘γ‚“

medical insurance for the elderly

θ€δΊΊεŒ»ε­¦ γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ„γŒγ

geriatrics

ζ΅·θ€γƒžγƒ¨ γˆγ³γƒžγƒ¨

shrimp with mayonnaise

ζ΅·θ€θŠ‹ γˆγ³γ„γ‚‚

shrimp-shaped taro variety

老ゆ γŠγ‚†

to age

早老症 そうろうしょう

progeria

θ€θˆ—εΊ— しにせてん

long-established shop

血桷老 γ‚γ‹γˆγ³

whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata)