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Kanji Detail for 老 - "aged, experienced, wise"

老

  • Meaning

    老 means "aged, experienced, wise."

    1. Aged - Growing old; advanced in years; elderly person.

    2. Experienced - Having accumulated knowledge through time; seasoned and wise.

    3. Venerable - Deserving respect due to age; treated with reverence as an elder.

    4. Retire - To withdraw from active work due to age.

    5. Laozi - The ancient Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    old man; old age; grow old

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    old, aged; experienced

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A term for those seventy years old. Seen in (Record of Rites, Summary of Ceremonies). Now all who are elderly are called 老. Such as 父老 (village elders), 老者 (the aged). | All those with venerable status are also called 老. Such as senior statesmen are called 元老 (elder statesman). The abbot of a Buddhist temple is called 長老 (senior monk). Now when friends converse, the honorific 某老 (Elder So-and-so) is also this meaning. The informal 老某 (Old So-and-so) uses 老 as a prefix. Su Dongpo's poems already set this precedent. Seen in (Rongzhai Third Notes). | To decline. Such as retiring from office is called 告老 (requesting retirement due to age). Meaning one's strength is declining and one cannot serve. | Long time. Such as saying 老於其事 (long experienced in the matter). | Hard. Colloquially, when things are not soft or tender, they are called 老. Simple and refined writing is also called 老當 (mature and capable). | Zhou's Li Er was called Laozi. He was the founder of Daoism. Hence the world calls Daoism 老. Such as saying 黃老 (Yellow Emperor and Laozi), 釋老 (Buddhism and Daoism), and such.
  • Onyomitip

    roh(ろう) ろう

  • Kunyomitip

    fu.keru(ふける) ふける

    o.iru(おいる) おいる

  • Strokestip

    6 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    老 耂 (oikammuri・oigashira・oi)

  • Related Keywords
    aged elderly old experienced seasoned wise venerable respected mature senior veteran knowledgeable sage revered honored ancient Laozi Taoism retirement longevity

Sentences including 老

  • The old man asked me the time.

  • He was too old to swim.

  • Once there lived an old man in a village.

  • The old man looks sad.

  • The game took on among old people.

  • The old man had his only son die three years ago.

  • Old people need someone to talk to.

  • The old man passed away this morning.

  • The old man was not as mean as he looked.

  • The old man lived by himself.

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