This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: オウ、おきな
Romaji: ou, okina
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: お、おな
Romaji: o, ona
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

venerable old man

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  12
Frequency:  2064
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-2-8
Korean Reading:  ong
Chinese Reading:  weng1
Unicode:  7fc1
JIS:  3227

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2108
Nelson Index: 596
New Nelson Index: 4677
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2o8.6
Four Corner Index: 8012.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1037
Gakken Index: 2004
Japanese Names Index: 1430
Daikanwanjiten Index: 28635P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0104
Remembering the kanji Index: 786
Kodansha Compact Index: 1571
Kanji in Context Index: 1940
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1335
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1809
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 794
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 849
Essential Kanji Index: 1594
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2611
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2053
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1382

Words

(おう、おきな)
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
白頭翁 (はくとうおう)
windflower; white-haired old man
玄能 (げんのう)
sledgehammer
翁貝 (おきながい)
lantern shell
阿翁 (あおう)
father-in-law (of a woman); grandfather
老翁 (ろうおう、おじ)
old man
信天翁 (あほうどり、しんてんおう、アホウドリ)
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
不倒翁 (ふとうおう)
tumbler; self-righting doll
翁の面 (おきなのめん)
old man's mask
煤色信天翁 (すすいろあほうどり、ススイロアホウドリ)
sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
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