Onyomi: ロウ · Kunyomi: お.いる, ふ.ける · Meanings: grow old, old age, old man
Kanji for grow old, old age, old man
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老 is formed from a single structure with the top part representing hair or something bending down, and the lower part representing a person with age or experience. The character shows a person whose hair is long or white, symbolizing advanced age. From this, 老 came to mean old, aged, or experienced.
老 shows a person with age, meaning old or experienced.
老 is used when referring to someone or something aged. Remember 老 as a person with long or white hair, showing age and experience.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 老 | ろう | old age, age, old people, the old, the aged, senior, elder | Noun, Noun, used as a prefix, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 老人 | ろうじん | old person, senior citizen, the aged, the elderly | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 老い | おい | old age, old person, the old, the aged | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 老衰 | ろうすい | senility, senile decay, infirmity (through age) | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 老ける | ふける | to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 老いる | おいる | to age, to grow old | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 老化 | ろうか | ageing, aging, senile deterioration | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 拉麺 | ラーメン | ramen, Chinese-style noodles | common Noun |
| 老後 | ろうご | old age | common Noun |
| 老齢 | ろうれい | old age, advanced age | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |