Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
old man, old age, grow old
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
803 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 老 【ロウ】 old age, age, old people, the old, the aged, senior, elder, I, me, my humble self
  • 老化 【ロウカ】 ageing, aging, senile deterioration
  • 養老 【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)
  • 敬老 【ケイロウ】 respect for the aged

Kun reading compounds

  • 老いる 【おいる】 to age, to grow old
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Japanese names:
えび、 おい、 び
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lao3
Korean:
ro

Spanish

  • envejecer
  • viejo
  • experimentado
  • hacerse viejo

Portuguese

  • velho
  • velhice
  • envelhecer

French

  • vieillard
  • âgé
  • vieillir
541 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
638 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
609 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
788 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
637 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
837 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
334 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
543 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
552 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
737 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1576 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3963 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2040 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1259 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28842 Morohashi
3197 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4696 New Nelson (John Haig)
1251 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1340 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
472 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
2k4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-2 SKIP code
4471.1 Four corner code
1-47-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8001 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
decay, rot, remain in seclusion
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1891 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 朽壊 【キュウカイ】 rotting and crumbling
  • 朽廃 【キュウハイ】 decay, dilapidation
  • 若朽 【ジャッキュウ】 being young yet unambitious, being young but lacking spirit
  • 腐朽 【フキュウ】 decay, deterioration, rot

Kun reading compounds

  • 朽ちる 【くちる】 to rot, to decay, to die in obscurity, to be forgotten with time

Readings

Japanese names:
くつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu3
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • descomposición
  • putrefacción
  • decadencia
  • descomponerse
  • corromperse
  • pudrirse
  • arruinarse

Portuguese

  • decair
  • apodrecer
  • permanecer recluso

French

  • délabré
  • pourri
  • rester reclus
1150 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1827 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2175 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1683 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1417 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1628 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1738 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1787 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1069 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1015 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
727 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1251 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14439 Morohashi
821 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2545 New Nelson (John Haig)
1243 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1331 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1080 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1852 2001 Kanji
4a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1-4-3 SKIP code
4192.7 Four corner code
1-21-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
673d Unicode hex code