RTK / HeisigFrame #1340

老

old man

WK Level: 11

Strokes: 1

Meanings

old man RTKElderly

Community Mnemonic

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An old man, wondering what it's like in a grave, sits in a freshly dug plot. When a gravekeeper mistakes him for dead and begins burying him with soil, the old man saves himself by flailing his walking stick in the air.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Components

On'yomi

ろう

Kun'yomi

None