Search Kanji for 元老

beginning

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Parts:二儿元

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Meanings

beginning; former time; origin

ゲンgen · ガンgan
もとmoto
Popularity rank: 192 Pinyin: yuán Korean: weon Hán-Việt: nguyên
Stroke counts: 4 Grade level: 2 JLPT level: 3 Skip code: 2-1-3

Example Words

一元[ichigen] unitary
一元化[ichigenka] unification
一元的[ichigenteki] monistic
一元論[ichigenron] monism
一次元[ichijigen] one dimensional
一新紀元[isshinkigen] new era
隠元[ingen] beans
隠元豆[ingenmame] common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
家元[iemoto] head of a school (of music, dance)
火の元[hinomoto] origin of fire

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old man

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old man; old age; grow old

ロウ
お.いるoiru · ふ.けるfukeru
Popularity rank: 803 Pinyin: lǎo Korean: ro Hán-Việt: lão
Stroke counts: 6 Grade level: 4 JLPT level: 2 Skip code: 3-4-2

Example Words

老麺[raamen] ramen (Chinese-style noodles)
家老[karou] chief retainer
棄老[kirou] old person thrown away in the mountains
敬老[keirou] respect for the aged
敬老の日[keirounohi] Respect-for-the-Aged Day Holiday (third Monday in September)
元老[genrou] elder statesman
元老院[genrouin] (Roman) senate
故老[korou] old people
車海老[kurumaebi] kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus)
寿老人[juroujin] god of longevity

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