Memory phrase for the Kanji: 老


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Meaning old age, aged, grow old

Pronunciation


fukeru, oiru

Explanation

Top: old man , below: sitting person

Mnemonic


 
The old man sitting there has been aged.

Radicals

old manradical oigashira
sitting personThe Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).
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 Vocabulary

老ける ふける  to age
老いる おいる  to age, to grow old
老人 ろうじん  the aged, old person
老衰 ろうすい  senility, senile decay
老化 ろうか  ageing, senile deterioration​

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