翁
venerable old man
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
10 / 10
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:10
JLPT:1
Frequency:2064
Vocabulary
オウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不倒翁 | フトウオウ | tumbler; self-righting doll |
| 老翁 | ロウオウ | old man |
| 村翁 | ソンオウ | village elder |
| 白頭翁 | ハクトウオウ | windflower; anemone; white-haired old man; grey starling (gray) |
| 阿翁 | アオウ | father-in-law (of a woman); grandfather |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翁 | おきな | old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father |
| 翁 | おう | old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father |
| 人間万事塞翁が馬 | にんげんばんじさいおうがうま | inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable |
| 人間万事塞翁が馬 | じんかんばんじさいおうがうま | inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable |
| 老翁 | おじ | old man |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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卵
egg, ovum, roe, spawn
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governmental, official, prince, public
Grade 2JLPT 4
系
lineage, system
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約
approximately, promise, shrink
Grade 4JLPT 3
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change (mind), flip, flutter, turn over, wave
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率
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Grade 5JLPT 1
機
airplane, efficacy, loom, machine, mechanism, occasion, opportunity, potency
Grade 4JLPT 3