老

elderly; old man; old age; grow old

6 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 803.

Readings

• ロウ (on reading): 老人 (ろうじん) old person; 家老 (かろう) chief retainer
• おいる (kun reading): 年老いる (としおいる) to grow old; 老い (おい) old age
• ふける (kun reading): 老ける (ふける) to age; 老け込む (ふけこむ) to age
• Read as a whole word: 老舗 (しにせ) long-established shop; 海老 (えび) prawn; 甘海老 (あまえび) northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

Components

• 耂
• 匕
• 匕 radical spoon
• ⺹ radical old, top form of 老

Kanji containing 老

• 咾 voice
• 姥 old woman
• 耄 senility
• 耆 senility
• 耋 old
• 蛯 shrimp

Words using 老

• 老人 (ろうじん) old person
• 家老 (かろう) chief retainer
• 老婦人 (ろうふじん) old woman
• 老朽化 (ろうきゅうか) deterioration
• 老中 (ろうじゅう) member of shogun's council of elders
• 年老いる (としおいる) to grow old
• 老い (おい) old age
• 老いる (おいる) to age
• 老松 (おいまつ) Oimatsu (noh play)
• 老い先 (おいさき) remaining years (of an old person's life)
• 老舗 (しにせ) long-established shop
• 海老 (えび) prawn
• 甘海老 (あまえび) northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)
• 桜海老 (さくらえび) sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)
• 海老根 (えびね) Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)
• 老ける (ふける) to age
• 老け込む (ふけこむ) to age
• 老け顔 (ふけがお) old-looking face
• 老け役 (ふけやく) (theatrical) role of old person
• 老け (ふけ) aging
• 清老頭 (チンラオトウ) all terminals
• 老頭牌 (ラオトウパイ) terminals
• 老爺 (おやじ) old man

263 words in all.

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