Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

803 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: old man, old age, grow old

Kunyomi: お.いる ふ.ける

Onyomi: ロウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おいかんむり

Meaning: old

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

人(ろうじん)   the aged

後(ろうご)   old age

眼(ろうがん)   farsightedness due to old age

化する(ろうかする)   grow old, become senile

いる(おいる)   grow old [v.i.]

ける(ふける)   grow old [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

ロウ old age, age, old people, the old, the aged, senior, elder, I, me, my humble self

ロウカ ageing, aging, senile deterioration

ヨウロウ making provision for the elderly, making provision for one's old age, spending one's old age in comfort, Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

ケイロウ respect for the aged

Kunyomi Examples

いる おいる to age, to grow old

ける ふける to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age