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老 means 'old'

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Strokes : 6    Radical number: 125    Frequency: 426   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-11    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 24    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 153 words   Used in 281 words   Used in 472 names   Component in 19 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ロウ
Kun
   おいる   ふける to grow old
Additional readings
Name    えび   おい   び
Variants
耂   ⽼ (Chinese)  
Notes
Learn how 考 (think), 者 (person), and 老 don’t depict what you would imagine.
Components
⿱  耂 (老) old  匕 spoon  
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考 think  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 老 is used 10 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 老 is used 237 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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ロウ : 162 words FIND ALL
ろ う じ ん 0
the aged; old person
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おいる : 18 words FIND ALL
お い 1 お い 2 お い 0
Most common form: おい
noun
old age; old person; the old; the aged
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ふける : 5 words FIND ALL
ふ け る 2
Most common form: 化ける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
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おいる (read as おい) : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
1. helmet with white hair coming out of the top to make one look like an old person  (see also: 老冠)
2. kanji "old" radical at top
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
し に せ 1
noun
1. old shop; shop of long standing
2. well-established; first of the kind; veteran
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び: 47 words. FIND ALL
noun
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 15 less common words include 老 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 638 (originally: 609)  Joy o' Kanji : 609  Key to Kanji: 1093 

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老
ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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耂
old
匕
さじ spoon   
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