爺 — kanji meaning “old man”
爺
old man, grampa
- Meanings
- old man, grampa
- On'yomi
- ヤ (ya)
- Kun'yomi
- じい、じじい、おやじ、じじ、ちち
- Strokes
- 13
- Classical radical
- 88
- Chinese reading
- yé — Chinese character page
Words with 爺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爺さん | じいさん jiisan | grandfather |
| 好々爺 | こうこうや koukouya | good-natured old man |
| 老爺 | ろうや rouya | old man |
| 老爺 | おやじ oyaji | old man; (old) geezer |
| 狸爺 | たぬきじじい tanukijijii | cunning old man |
| エロ爺 | エロじじい erojijii | dirty old man; pervert; lecher |
| 糞爺 | くそじじい kusojijii | old man; old goat |
| 爺ちゃん | じいちゃん jiichan | grandfather |
| 子泣き爺 | こなきじじい konakijijii | Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry) |
| 爺むさい | じじむさい jijimusai | like an old man; doddering; wizened |
| 爺や | じいや jiiya | elderly handyman; elderly manservant |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.