10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 9th grade
JLPT exam level N1

venerable old man

Kun'yomi
  • old man ②venerable
On'yomi
  • old man ②venerable
Nanori
  • おな

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

オウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

venerable old man
オウ おきな お (9th, N1)
public, prince, official
コウ おおやけ ク (2nd, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね は ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

the future is unpredictable
village elder
windflower ②white-haired old man ③gray starling (gray)
father-in-law (of a woman) ②grandfather
old man and old woman
Taketori-no-Okina no Monogatari (alternate name for Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
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References

Unicode hex code 7FC1
JIS X 0208 1-18-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 596
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4677
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2108
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2611
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1335
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1809
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 786
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 849
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 2004
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1430
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1594
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 28635P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1037
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1930
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1382
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2115
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1940
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1571
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 794
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2o8.6
Four corner code 8012.7
De Roo Code 2053