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Kanji: 老
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KANJI

老

6 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓	おいる
	ふける

ON 音

ロウ

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	老(耂) Radical name: おい
Meaning:	Old man, old age, grow old
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 800 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	老(お)い	old age, old person, the old, the aged
N3	老人(ろうじん)	the aged, old person
N1	老(お)いる	to age, to grow old
N1	老(ふ)ける	to age
N1	老衰(ろうすい)	senility, senile decay

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