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老漢
老漢
See also: 老汉
Chinese
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)
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Chinese; name of a dynasty; man | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老漢) | 老 | 漢 | |
| simp. (老汉) | 老 | 汉 | |
Noun
老漢
- an old person
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 老 | 漢 |
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ろう Grade: 4 |
かん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
/raukan/ → /rɔːkan/ → /roːkan/
From Middle Chinese compound 老漢 (lawX xanH, literally “old + Han Chinese”).
Pronunciation
Noun
老漢 (hiragana ろうかん, romaji rōkan, historical hiragana らうかん)
- an old man
- I, me (a humble form of self-reference used by males)
- an old monk, an old priest, particularly the head of a temple