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耄 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「老」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「老」
On
ボウ・モウぼう・もう · bō · mō
Kun
おいぼ.れるoibo.reru
Meaning
to grow senile

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Old 老 with 毛 as phonetic: to age and fail in mind and body.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 耄碌もうろく

    dotage

  • 耄れるおいぼれる

    to grow senile

More words with this kanji

  • 耄耋ぼうてつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

耄碌(もうろく)したと言(い)われて笑(わら)う。

Told they are in their dotage, they laugh.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 老Map of reading ボウAll maps

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