老漢

See also: 老汉

Chinese

 
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (老漢)
simp. (老汉)

Etymology

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Pronunciation


Noun

老漢

  1. old man
  2. (dated) man
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) husband

Synonyms

Pronoun

老漢

  1. I (used by an old person)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: 4
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

/raukan//rɔːkan//roːkan/

From Middle Chinese compound 老漢老汉 (lawX xanH, literally old + Han Chinese).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーかん [ròókáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

(ろう)(かん) • (rōkan) らうかん (raukan)?

  1. an old man
  2. I, me (a humble form of self-reference used by males)
  3. an old monk, an old priest, particularly the head of a temple

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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