翁 — kanji meaning “venerable old man”
翁
venerable old man
- Meanings
- venerable old man
- On'yomi
- オウ (ou)
- Kun'yomi
- おきな
- Name readings
- お、おな
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2064 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 124
- Chinese reading
- wēng — Chinese character page
Words with 翁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塞翁が馬 | さいおうがうま saiougauma | the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate |
| 老翁 | ろうおう rouou | old man |
| 信天翁 | あほうどり ahoudori | albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus) |
| 信天翁 | しんてんおう shinten'ou | albatross |
| 不倒翁 | ふとうおう futouou | tumbler; self-righting doll |
| 翁貝 | おきながい okinagai | lantern shell |
| 翁の面 | おきなのめん okinanomen | old man's mask |
| 村翁 | そんおう son'ou | village elder |
| 白頭翁 | はくとうおう hakutouou | windflower; anemone |
| 小信天翁 | こあほうどり koahoudori | Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis) |
| 渡信天翁 | わたりあほうどり watariahoudori | wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) |
| 阿翁 | あおう aou | father-in-law (of a woman) |
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