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

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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

11 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
old woman, grandma, wet nurse
Kun:
ばばばあ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 婆 【ババ】 old woman, joker (in old maid)
  • 婆 【ババア】 old woman, hag, old bag
  • 提婆 【ダイバ】 deva (being with god-like characteristics)
  • 湯婆 【タンポ】 hot-water bottle, metal sake jug, sake warmer

Kun reading compounds

  • 婆 【ばば】 old woman, joker (in old maid)
  • 婆 【ばばあ】 old woman, hag, old bag
  • 祖父祖母 【じじばば】 old people, grandparents
  • 遣り手婆 【やりてばば】 brothel madam
  • 婆さん 【ばあさん】 grandmother, old woman, female senior citizen
  • 婆ちゃん 【ばあちゃん】 granny, grandma, gran, old lady, old woman
  • 糞婆 【くそばばあ】 old hag, old woman, old bat
  • 鬼婆 【おにばば】 hag, witch, bitch, penurious or spiteful old woman, termagant, virago

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
po2
Korean:
pa

Spanish

  • anciana
  • abuela

Portuguese

  • senhora
  • avó
  • ama de leite

French

  • vieille femme
  • grand-mère
  • nourrice
1684 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2039 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1234 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1262 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1931 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2116 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1902 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
430 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1768 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2407 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
812 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6390 Morohashi
2762 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1240 New Nelson (John Haig)
804 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
867 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1421 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
369 2001 Kanji
3e8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3440.4 Four corner code
1-39-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a46 Unicode hex code