Medoru
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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 (16 words)
老人病学 γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ³γ‚‡γ†γŒγ

geriatrics

θ€εΉ΄εŒ»ε­¦ γ‚γ†γ­γ‚“γ„γŒγ

geriatrics

老年病学 γ‚γ†γ­γ‚“γ³γ‚‡γ†γŒγ

geriatrics

老ε₯ ろうけん

being healthy in old age

δΈθ€ι•·η”Ÿ ちろうけょうせい

perpetual youth and longevity

老人クラブ γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ‚―γƒ©γƒ–

seniors club

ァル桷老 ァルエビ

southern rough shrimp (Trachysalambria curvirostris)

老人愛 γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ‚γ„

gerontophilia

老人恐怖症 γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γγ‚‡γ†γ΅γ—γ‚‡γ†

gerontophobia

ζ„šθ€ ぐろう

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老人性愛 γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ›γ„γ‚γ„

gerontophilia

ε›½η«‹θ€εŒ–η ”η©Άζ‰€ γ“γγ‚Šγ€γ‚γ†γ‹γ‘γ‚“γγ‚…γ†γ˜γ‚‡

National Institute on Aging

ζ—₯ζœ¬εŸΊη€Žθ€εŒ–ε­¦δΌš γ«γ£γ½γ‚“γγγ‚γ†γ‹γŒγ£γ‹γ„

Japan Society for Biomedical Gerontology

ζ—₯ζœ¬δΈθ€εŒ»ε­¦ε”δΌš γ«γ£γ½γ‚“γŠγ„γšγ„γŒγγγ‚‡γ†γ‹γ„

Japan Society of Anti-Aging Medicine

θ€ε­ι“εΎ³η΅Œ ろうしどうとくきょう

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

老人と桷 γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ¨γ†γΏ

The Old Man and the Sea (1952 novella by Ernest Hemingway)

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