EntryCommon
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly

    「夫は2年前に亡くなりました」と初老の女性は言った。
    "My husband passed on two years ago," an elderly lady said.
  2. Noun

    age 40

    orig. meaning

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

first time, beginning

Kun
はじ.めはじ.めてはつはつ-うい--そ.める-ぞ.め
On
ショ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
152 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

はっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
5e2.1The Kanji Dictionary
3722.0Four corner code
645deroo
521dUnicode hex code
1-29-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4215Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
469New Nelson (John Haig)
1116New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1433Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1031Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
404Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
431Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
261A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
427Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
636Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1911Morohashi
507A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
679Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
428sakade
353Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
535henshall3
483Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
279crowley
440Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
181Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
411Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chu1Pinyin reading
choKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

old man, old age, grow old

Kun
お.いるふ.ける
On
ロウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
803 of 2500
Radical
old
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

えびおい

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-4-2SKIP code
2k4.5The Kanji Dictionary
4471.1Four corner code
1456deroo
8001Unicode hex code
1-47-23JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3683Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4696New Nelson (John Haig)
3197New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3963Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2040Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2754Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1251Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1340Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
788A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
334Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
637Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28842Morohashi
609A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
543Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
552Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
541sakade
837Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
638henshall3
472Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
737Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1576Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1259Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lao3Pinyin reading
roKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level