翁: Venerable Old ManKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (オウ)

• 翁おうold man; venerable gentleman
• 不倒翁ふとうおうtumbler; self-righting doll
• 人間万事塞翁が馬にんげんばんじさいおうがうまinscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
• 塞翁が馬さいおうがうまthe future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven
• 村翁そんおうvillage elder
• 白頭翁はくとうおうwindflower; anemone
• 翁媼おうおうold man and old woman; elderly man and elderly woman
• 老翁ろうおうold man
• 阿翁あおうfather-in-law (of a woman)

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 翁の面おきなのめんold man's mask
• 翁恵比須おきなえびすBeyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
• 翁恵比須貝おきなえびすがいBeyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
• 翁戎貝おきなえびすがいBeyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
• 翁草おきなぐさnodding anemone (Anemone cernua)
• 翁貝おきながいlantern shell

Other readings

• 仙翁せんのうlychnis (Lychnis senno)
• 信天翁あほうどりalbatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
• 小信天翁こあほうどりLaysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
• 渡信天翁わたりあほうどりwandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
• 煤色信天翁すすいろあほうどりsooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
• 玄翁げんのうsledgehammer
• 黒足信天翁くろあしあほうどりblack-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)

Kanji that often appear with 翁

• 信
• 天
• 貝
• 塞
• 馬
• 恵
• 比
• 須
• 不
• 倒
• 人
• 間