Today’s #kanji is #老, which makes its own radical #おいかんむり（老）. Some say 老 is a compound ideograph made of 毛, 人 and 匕 to show the aging of a person with a bent back and white hair. Others say it is a pictograph showing an old man with a bent back and long hair leaning on a walking stick.
Meaning: an old person, aging
Reading: ロウ、お、ふ
老後（ロウゴ）: n. one’s old age, one’s remaining years
老人（ロウジン）: n. an old person, a senior citizen; the aged
老中（ロウジュウ）: n. 【Japanese history】a senior councilor of the Tokugawa shogunate
老練（ロウレン）: なadj. experienced, veteran, old, expert
家老（カロウ）: n. 【Japanese history】a chief retainer of a feudal lord, a minister of a daimyo
初老（ショロウ）: n. early old age
長老（チョウロウ）: n. an older, a senior, a high-ranking monk
老（お）いる: vi. to grow old, to age
老（お）い先（さき）: remaining years (of one’s life)
老（ふ）ける: vi. to grow old, to advance in years, to look old
