Japanese Symbols

Japanese Kanji

翁

ou

venerable old man

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 10 strokes

Readings

  • ONオウou
  • KUNおきなokina

Meaning

Venerable old man.

Stroke order

Stroke order for 翁

翁 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 10 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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