Readings

Kana: ロウ、お.いる、ふ.ける
Romaji: rou, o.iru, fu.keru
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: えび、おい、び
Romaji: ebi, oi, bi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

old man, old age, grow old

Stroke Diagram

123456

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  125
Frequency:  803
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  3-4-2
Korean Reading:  ro
Chinese Reading:  lao3
Unicode:  8001
JIS:  4F37

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3197
Nelson Index: 3683
New Nelson Index: 4696
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2k4.5
Four Corner Index: 4471.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 609
Gakken Index: 788
Japanese Names Index: 334
Daikanwanjiten Index: 28842
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0142
Remembering the kanji Index: 1251
Kanji Flashcards Index: 837
Kodansha Compact Index: 1576
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 638
Kanji in Context Index: 737
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2040
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2754
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1259
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1340
Essential Kanji Index: 637
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3963
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1456
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 541
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 472

Words

(ろう)
old age; age; old people; the old; the aged
家老 (かろう)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
長老 (ちょうろう)
eldest; senior
養老 (ようろう)
making provision for the elderly; Yourou era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
老舗 (しにせ、ろうほ)
old shop; shop of long standing; well-established; first of the kind; veteran
老人 (ろうじん)
the aged; old person
老朽 (ろうきゅう)
superannuated; decrepitude
元老 (げんろう)
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
老中 (ろうじゅう、ろうぢゅう)
member of shogun's council of elders
老婆 (ろうば)
old woman
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