Memory phrase for the character: 老


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Meaning

old age, aged, grow old

Pronunciation


fukeru, oiru

Explanation

Top: old man 耂, below: sitting person 匕

Mnemonic


 
The old man is sitting because he is aged.

Radicals

old manWith the radical oigashira, an old man seems to support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?
sitting personThe 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).




 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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