Entry
  1. Noun

    old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder

Also written 故老【ころう】

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Characters in this word

2
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old

Kun
ふる.いふる--ふる.す
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
509 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ふゆ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
2k3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4060.0Four corner code
1577deroo
53e4Unicode hex code
1-24-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
702New Nelson (John Haig)
2002New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1262Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1728Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
16Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
373A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
154Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
93Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3233Morohashi
109A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
172Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70sakade
32Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
121henshall3
107Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
320crowley
86Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
278Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
16Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu3Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
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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