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老 お.いる、ふ.ける old man, old age, grow old 3 803 6 125 おい・おいかんむり・おいがしら 会意 Compound Ideographic An old man, wondering what it´s like in a grave, sits in a freshly dug plot. When a gravekeeper mistakes him for dead and begins burying him with soil, the old man saves himself by flailing his walking stick in the air.

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ロウ えび, おい, び 老人(ろうじん): the aged; old person老衰(ろうすい): senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)老い(おい): old age; old person; the old; the aged老いる(おいる): to age; to grow old老ける(ふける): to age; to grow old 4 老: old man; old age; grow old匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 老 6 (none) old man Old man sits in the dirt, having a stroke.

Kanji	老
Onyomi	ロウ
Kunyomi	お.いる、ふ.ける
Nanori	えび, おい, び
English	old man, old age, grow old
Examples	老人(ろうじん): the aged; old person 老衰(ろうすい): senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age) 老い(おい): old age; old person; the old; the aged 老いる(おいる): to age; to grow old 老ける(ふける): to age; to grow old
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	803
Components	老: old man; old age; grow old 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	老
Radical Number	125
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	おい・おいかんむり・おいがしら
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	old man
Koohii Story 1	An old man, wondering what it´s like in a grave, sits in a freshly dug plot. When a gravekeeper mistakes him for dead and begins burying him with soil, the old man saves himself by flailing his walking stick in the air.
Koohii Story 2	Old man sits in the dirt, having a stroke.

Grow Age Man 老 Sits ロウ お.いる、ふ.ける えび

Grow Age Man 老 Sits ロウお.いる、ふ.けるえび