| 70 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 121 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 109 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 373 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 770 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 93 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 32 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 154 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 172 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 172 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 86 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 278 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2495 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1262 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1728 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 16 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3233 | Morohashi |
| 2002 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 702 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 16 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 16 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 320 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 107 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
509 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 古参 【コサン】 seniority, long service
- 古今 【ココン】 ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present
- 蒙古 【モウコ】 Mongolia (region), Greater Mongolia, Mongolian Plateau, Mongols (nomadic tribe)
- 懐古 【カイコ】 reminiscence, nostalgia, thinking fondly of the past, recalling the old days
Kun reading compounds
- 古い 【ふるい】 old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
- 古家 【ふるいえ】 old house, deserted house
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふゆ
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- viejo
- antiguo
- desgastar
Portuguese
- velho
French
- vieux
| 1577 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53e4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
803 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |