少年老い易く学成り難し
しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし
Also written 少年老いやすく学成りがたし, 少年老いやすく学なりがたし
Meanings
- Expression study hard while you are young (literally: boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder)
Kanji
- 少 few. Read as ショウ.
- 年 year. Read as ネン.
- 老 elderly. Read as おいる.
- 易 easy. Read as やすい.
- 学 study. Read as ガク.
- 成 become. Read as なる.
- 難 difficult. Read as かたい.