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老

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • old man
  • old age
  • grow old

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ロウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • お.いる
  • ふ.ける
Strokes
6
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#858
School Grade
Grade 4
Radical
老#125 · old

Components

  • ⺹

Common Words

  • 老ろうNoun
    old age, age, old people
  • 老人ろうじんNoun
    old person, senior citizen, the aged
  • 老人ホームろうじんホームNoun
    retirement home, old people's home, senior citizens' home
  • 老後ろうごNoun
    old age
  • 長老ちょうろうNoun
    elder, senior
  • 老衰ろうすいNoun
    senility, senile decay, infirmity (through age)
  • 老朽ろうきゅうNoun
    infirmity (due to old age), decrepitude, senility
  • 老いおいno-adjective
    old age, ageing, aging

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