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KanjiN3Grade 4 · 小46 strokesRadical 老

老 · old man, old age

老 is a kanji meaning old man, old age, grow old. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ロウrō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • おいるoiru
  • ふけるfukeru

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 老 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 老
WordReadingMeaningLevel
老いおいold age, the agedN3
老人ろうじんthe aged, old personN3
老いるおいるto age, to grow oldN1
老衰ろうすいsenility, senile decayN1
老けるふけるto ageN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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6 strokes
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