| 1131 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 326 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1178 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1437 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2202 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 962 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 993 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1653 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1065 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2651 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1353 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1835 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 765 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14913X | Morohashi |
| 2137 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2787 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 758 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 820 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1634 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棄権 【キケン】 abstention (from voting), renunciation (of a right), withdrawal (from a contest)
- 棄却 【キキャク】 rejection, dismissal, turning down, abandoning, renunciation
- 投棄 【トウキ】 abandonment, giving up, throwing away, disposal, dumping
- 遺棄 【イキ】 abandonment, desertion
Kun reading compounds
- 捨てる 【すてる】 to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- tirar
- descartar
- abandonar
- arrojar
- desechar
Portuguese
- desembaraço
- gastar
- descartar
- pedir demissão
- rejeitar
- sacrifício
French
- abandonner
- jeter
- se débarrasser
- renoncer
- rejeter
- sacrifier
| 464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j11.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 0090.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68c4 | 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 |