老
老 — ro
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 늙을 로
- Romanization
- ro
- English
- old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
- Mandarin
- lǎo
- Japanese on'yomi
- ロウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- お.いる ふ.ける
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #803 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 (125, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+8001
How 老 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 老 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 毛, 匕.
Korean example words with 老
- 노구老軀 Korean gloss: 늙은 몸
- 노체老體 Korean gloss: 늙은 몸
- 노기老妓 Korean gloss: 늙은 기생
- 노녀老女 Korean gloss: 늙은 여자
- 노니老尼 Korean gloss: 늙은 여승
- 노령老齡 Korean gloss: 늙은 나이
- 노상老相 Korean gloss: 늙은 재상
- 노옹老翁 Korean gloss: 늙은 남자
- 노처老妻 Korean gloss: 늙은 아내
- 노파老婆 Korean gloss: 늙은 여자
- 노후老後 Korean gloss: 늙어진 뒤
- 노수老樹 Korean gloss: 오래된 나무
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 老
- 老人ろうじん old person; senior citizen; the aged
- 老人ホームろうじんホーム retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
- 老後ろうご old age
- 長老ちょうろう elder; senior; senior monk
- 老衰ろうすい senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
- 老朽ろうきゅう infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility
- 老いおい old age; ageing; aging
- 老齢ろうれい old age; advanced age
- 老化ろうか ageing; aging; senile deterioration
- 老年ろうねん old age
- 老舗しにせ long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
- 敬老けいろう respect for the aged
Other hanja read “로”
Other hanja with radical 老
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