Kanji 老

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Strokes: 6
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On:
ロウ
rou
Kun:
お.いる、ふ.ける
o.iru, fu.keru
Reading in names:
えび、おい、び
ebi, oi, bi
Meanings:
old man, old age, grow old
старик
Grade: 4
JLPT: 3
Kanji shape: idc
Kanji elements: , 耂
Antonyms: , , ,
Homonyms:
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Examples

老いる
おいる
oiru
grow old [v.i.]
grow old [v.i.]
老ける
ふける
fukeru
grow old [v.i.]
grow old [v.i.]
老人
ろうじん
roojin
старый человек; пожилой человек
the aged
the aged
老化する
ろうかする
rookasuru
grow old, become senile
grow old, become senile
老後
ろうご
roogo
old age
old age
老眼
ろうがん
roogan
farsightedness due to old age
farsightedness due to old age

Reading in other languages

Korean:
Korean (latin): ro
Pinyin: lao3
Vietnam: Lão

Encoding

BIG5: A6 D1
DECIMAL: 32769
HEX: 8001
JIS_LEVEL: 1
MINKUTEN: 1-47-23
UTF16: 8001
UTF8: E8 80 81

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Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"): 788
Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press): 837
Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill): 334
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky): 552
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Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999): 2040
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Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono): 737
Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide: 1576
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Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette): 1259
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New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990): 3197
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