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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)
ใƒใƒŠใƒกใ‚คๆตท่€ ใƒใƒŠใƒกใ‚คใˆใณ

whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

ๆ•ฌ่€้‡‘ ใ‘ใ„ใ‚ใ†ใใ‚“

cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)

่€ๅƒ ใ‚ใ†ใฉใ†

work after retirement age

ๅŒ—ๆตทๆตท่€ ใปใฃใ‹ใ„ใˆใณ

Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)

็Œฟ้ขๆตท่€ๆ น ใ•ใ‚‹ใ‚ใ‚“ใˆใณใญ

Calanthe tricarinata (species of orchid)

ๆตท่€ๆ น ใˆใณใญ

Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)

ๅคๆตท่€ๆ น ใชใคใˆใณใญ

Calanthe reflexa (species of orchid)

้•ท่€ๆ”ฟๆฒป ใกใ‚‡ใ†ใ‚ใ†ใ›ใ„ใ˜

gerontocracy

็”˜้‡Ž่€ ใ‚ใพใฉใ“ใ‚

angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)

้คŠ่€ไปค ใ‚ˆใ†ใ‚ใ†ใ‚Šใ‚‡ใ†

Yลrล Code (promulgated 757 CE)

่€ไธ ใ‚ใ†ใฆใ„

man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryล system)

ไป‹่ญท่€ไบบ็ฆ็ฅ‰ๆ–ฝ่จญ ใ‹ใ„ใ”ใ‚ใ†ใ˜ใ‚“ใตใใ—ใ—ใ›ใค

intensive-care old people's home

่€ใ„ๅ…ˆ็Ÿญใ„ ใŠใ„ใ•ใใฟใ˜ใ‹ใ„

not having long to live

ๆทท่€้ ญ ใƒ›ใƒณใƒญใ‚ฆใƒˆใ‚ฆ

winning hand consisting only of terminal and honor tiles

่€ๅนดๅญฆ ใ‚ใ†ใญใ‚“ใŒใ

gerontology

้ซ˜้บ—ๆตท่€ ใ‚ณใ‚ฆใƒฉใ‚คใ‚จใƒ“

Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis)

ๅคงๆญฃๆตท่€ ใŸใ„ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใˆใณ

Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis)

่€ๅ…ตใฏๆญปใชใšใŸใ ๆถˆใˆๅŽปใ‚‹ใฎใฟ ใ‚ใ†ใธใ„ใฏใ—ใชใšใŸใ ใใˆใ•ใ‚‹ใฎใฟ

old soldiers never die; they just fade away

่€่€ไป‹่ญท ใ‚ใ†ใ‚ใ†ใ‹ใ„ใ”

old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)

่€่€ไป‹่ญท ใ‚ใ†ใ‚ใ†ใ‹ใ„ใ”

old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)