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翁

翁 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「羽」+音符「公」。「鳥の首の毛」を意味する漢語｛翁｝を表す字。のち仮借して「老人」を意味する漢語｛翁｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

venerable old man

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウJHS
Kun (native)
  • おきな
Nanori (used in names)
  • お
  • おな
Other languages
  • 拼音weng1
  • 한글ong
  • Hán-ViệtÔng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
羽(はね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7FC1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱公羽

Words using this kanji

  • 翁おきな（オウ）男性の老人の漢語的表現。人名の後ろにつけて敬称とすることもある。 （おきな）男性の老人。old man, venerable gentleman, venerable, old
  • 翁貝おきながいlantern shell
  • 翁媼おうおう老夫と老婆。old man and old woman, elderly man and elderly woman
  • 翁の面おきなのめんold man's mask
  • 翁戎貝おきなえびすがいBeyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
  • 翁恵比須おきなえびすBeyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(21 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-8
Four Corner
8012.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o8.6
Heisig
849
Nelson
596