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老 = 土 + 匕

老 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “old man”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1340. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword

old man

RTK frame

1340

Strokes

6

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ロウ

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

お.いる, ふ.ける

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

старик, coffin

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

老 old

Decomposition

Characters that contain 老

• 考 consider
• 孝 filial piety
• 者 someone
• 姥 aged woman
• 鰭 fish fin

How to find 老 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “spoon”. 老 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 老 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.