翁
venerable old man
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
10 / 10
Information
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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