Memory phrase for the Kanji: 老
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老 |
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Meaning
| old age, aged, grow old
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Pronunciation |
RŌ
fukeru, oiru |
Explanation |
Top: old man 耂, below: sitting person 匕 |
Mnemonic
| The old man sitting there has been aged.
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Radicals
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耂
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old man | radical oigashira |
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匕
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sitting person | The 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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