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翁 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「羽」

道
準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「羽」
On
オウおう · ō
Kun
おきなokina
Meaning
venerable old man

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phonetic element plus feathers: originally the neck plumage of a bird; used as a respectful word for a white-haired old man.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onオウおうō老翁おじ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 老翁ろうおう

    venerable old man

  • 翁おきな

    old man; elder

More words with this kanji

  • 翁媼おうおう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

白髪(はくはつ)の翁(おきな)が昔話(むかしばなし)を語(かた)り始(はじ)めた。

The white-haired elder began to tell an old tale.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 羽Map of reading オウAll maps

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