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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)
่€็Šฌ ใ‚ใ†ใ‘ใ‚“

old dog

ๆœˆไธ‹่€ไบบ ใ’ใฃใ‹ใ‚ใ†ใ˜ใ‚“

go-between

ๆ—ฉๆœŸ่€ๅŒ–็—‡ ใใ†ใใ‚ใ†ใ‹ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†

progeria (disease characterized by symptoms suggestive of premature aging)

ๆŠ—่€ๅŒ– ใ“ใ†ใ‚ใ†ใ‹

anti-aging

่€ไบบๆ–ฝ่จญ ใ‚ใ†ใ˜ใ‚“ใ—ใ›ใค

old folks' home

ๅฎ…่€ๆ‰€ ใŸใใ‚ใ†ใ—ใ‚‡

old folks' home

่€ๆœฝๅŒ– ใ‚ใ†ใใ‚…ใ†ใ‹

deterioration

่€ๅฉฆไบบ ใ‚ใ†ใตใ˜ใ‚“

old woman

ๅฐ‘ๅนด่€ใ„ๆ˜“ใๅญฆๆˆใ‚Š้›ฃใ— ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใญใ‚“ใŠใ„ใ‚„ใ™ใใŒใใชใ‚ŠใŒใŸใ—

study hard while you are young

ใ‚ชใƒžใƒผใƒซๆตท่€ ใ‚ชใƒžใƒผใƒซใˆใณ

lobster

่€ๅ†  ใŠใ„ใ‹ใ‚“ใ‚€ใ‚Š

kanji "old" radical at top

่€้ ญ ใŠใ„ใŒใ—ใ‚‰

helmet with white hair coming out of the top, making the wearer look like an old person

ๆ‰‹้•ทๆตท่€ ใฆใชใŒใˆใณ

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

ๆกœๆตท่€ ใ•ใใ‚‰ใˆใณ

sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)

็‰›ๆตท่€ ใ†ใ—ใˆใณ

giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon)

ไบ”ๅคง่€ ใ”ใŸใ„ใ‚ใ†

Council of Five Elders

ๆจชๆตท่€ ใ‚ˆใ“ใˆใณ

gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

้คŠ่€ๅพ‹ไปค ใ‚ˆใ†ใ‚ใ†ใ‚Šใคใ‚Šใ‚‡ใ†

Yลrล Code (promulgated 757 CE)

่€ใ„ใ‚‚่‹ฅใใ‚‚ ใŠใ„ใ‚‚ใ‚ใ‹ใใ‚‚

(both) young and old

ไน™ๅงซๆตท่€ ใŠใจใฒใ‚ใˆใณ

banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)