Mnemonic
At the funeral, someone keeps loudly clinking a spoon against his bowl of soup. Everyone turns to glare at the Old Man—he's done this at every funeral for decades and simply doesn't care anymore. The spoon trembles in his wrinkled hand, but he keeps slurping away.
Additional thoughts
Picture the hunched old man defiantly slurping soup at a somber funeral—spoon shaking but spirit unbroken. The absurdity of the scene makes it stick. Funeral + Spoon = stubborn old-timer.Quick recall
At a funeral, a spoon-clinking Old Man slurps soup without a care in the world.Details
The keyword for 老 is old man. This kanji represents the concept of aging and old age, depicting the image of an elderly person hunched over and walking with a cane. It conveys the idea of growing old, being aged, or becoming experienced through the passage of many years. It is used broadly to refer to elderly people, the process of aging, or things that are worn and weathered by time.
- On'yomi
- ろう
- Kun'yomi
- お.いる、ふ.ける