老 – old man, old age, grow old

6 strokesTaught in grade 4#803 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 老 means old man, old age, grow old. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロウ (rou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.いる、ふ.ける (oiru, fukeru). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 老 (no. 125).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロウ	rou
Kun’yomi	お.いる	oiru
Kun’yomi	ふ.ける	fukeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 老 (Kangxi radical 125). Components: 匕.

Words using 老

老いおいold age老人ろうじんold person老衰ろうすいsenility老いるおいるto age老けるふけるto age

Example sentences

少年老い易く学成り難し。

Art is long, time is fleeting.

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あの老人は食べ物に難しい。

That old man is a fussy eater.

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彼は老衰で二年前に亡くなった。

He died of old age two years ago.

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Kanji with the same radical

者考

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.