翁

old man; venerable old man

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2064.

Readings

• おきな (kun reading): 翁 (おきな) old man; 翁草 (おきなぐさ) nodding anemone (Anemone cernua)
• オウ (on reading): 老翁 (ろうおう) old man; 塞翁が馬 (さいおうがうま) the future is unpredictable

Components

• 公
• 羽
• ハ radical eight, katakana ha
• 冫 radical ice
• 厶 radical private
• 羽 radical feather

Kanji containing 翁

• 蓊 flower stalk
• 鶲 crested flycatcher

Words using 翁

• 翁 (おきな) old man
• 翁草 (おきなぐさ) nodding anemone (Anemone cernua)
• 翁貝 (おきながい) lantern shell
• 翁の面 (おきなのめん) old man's mask
• 竹取翁の物語 (たけとりのおきなのものがたり) Taketori-no-Okina no Monogatari (alternate name for Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
• 老翁 (ろうおう) old man
• 塞翁が馬 (さいおうがうま) the future is unpredictable
• 人間万事塞翁が馬 (にんげんばんじさいおうがうま) inscrutable are the ways of heaven
• 不倒翁 (ふとうおう) tumbler
• 村翁 (そんおう) village elder
• 玄翁 (げんのう) sledgehammer

15 words in all.

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