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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)
老と病 ろうとびょう

old age and sickness

老杉 ろうさん

old cryptomeria

桷老フラむ γˆγ³γƒ•γƒ©γ‚€

fried prawns

θ€θ˜ζ€ζƒ³ ろうそうしそう

philosophy of Lao-tse and Chuang-tse

老 ろう

old age

桷老で鯛を釣る γˆγ³γ§γŸγ„γ‚’γ€γ‚‹

to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale

干桷老 γ»γ—γˆγ³

dried shrimp

老け込む ちけこむ

to age

老η•ͺ γŠγ„γ°γ‚“

higher number

η”Ÿθ€η—…ζ­» しょうろうびょうし

the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)

θ€ε©†εΏƒεˆ‡ ろうばしんせ぀

grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare

老いらく γŠγ„γ‚‰γ

old age

θ€γ„γ•γ‚‰γ°γˆγ‚‹ γŠγ„γ•γ‚‰γ°γˆγ‚‹

to become decrepit and ugly with age

不良老年 γ΅γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ‚γ†γ­γ‚“

old sinner

倧桷老 おおえび

large shrimp

老ε₯ζ–½θ¨­ ろうけんしせ぀

rehabilitation facility for the elderly

老人保ε₯ζ–½θ¨­ γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ»γ‘γ‚“γ—γ›γ€

rehabilitation facility for the elderly

θ€δΊΊεŒ»η™‚ γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ„γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

geriatric medicine

老人福η₯‰ζ³• γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γ΅γγ—γ»γ†

elderly welfare law

η‰Ήεˆ₯ι€Šθ­·θ€δΊΊγƒ›γƒΌγƒ  γ¨γγΉγ€γ‚ˆγ†γ”γ‚γ†γ˜γ‚“γƒ›γƒΌγƒ 

intensive-care old people's home