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— old man, old age, grow old

Strokes
6
Taught in
School year 4
Frequency
#803 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi
  • rou
Kun'yomi
  • o.iru
  • fu.keru
Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 老

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