| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1489 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
- 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
- 山荘 【サンソウ】 mountain villa, mountain retreat, mountain cottage
- 山水荘 【サンスイソウ】 The Sansui Inn
- 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
- 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
- 荘 【チャン】 counter for games of mahjong
- 荘風牌 【チャンフォンパイ】 tile matching the round wind
- 半荘 【ハンチャン】 half-game consisting of an east and south round
- 連チャン 【レンチャン】 repeated events (e.g. meetings, drinking sessions), series of events, streak, straight, dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning, dealer keep
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- majestuoso
- solemne
- posada
- villa
Portuguese
- palacete
- pousada
- casa de campo
- mansão feudal
French
- villa
- auberge
- maison de campagne
- manoir féodal
| 1515 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1208 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1058 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1701 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 933 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1327 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1410 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1369 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2814 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1449 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 328 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30890 | Morohashi |
| 2262 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5031 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 322 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 344 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1292 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1972 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k6.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4411.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8358 | Unicode hex code |