Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2064 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: venerable old man

Kunyomi: おきな

Onyomi: オウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: feather

Examples

Onyomi Examples

オウ old man, venerable gentleman, venerable, old, father

オウオウ old man and old woman, elderly man and elderly woman

アオウ father-in-law (of a woman), grandfather

白頭 ハクトウオウ windflower, anemone, white-haired old man, grey starling (gray)

Kunyomi Examples

おう old man, venerable gentleman, venerable, old, father

恵比須 おきなえびす Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)