Kanji

爺

old man, grampa

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

父部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

じい, じじい, おやじ, じじ, ちち

Example sentences

じじ
近所の爺はとても親切だ。

The old man in the neighborhood is very kind.

爺さん じいさん
隣の家の爺さんはとても元気だ。

The old man next door is very energetic.

お爺さん おじいさん
公園のベンチで、お爺さんが新聞を読んでいる。

On the park bench, an old man is reading a newspaper.

昔々 むかしむかし
昔々、ある所にお爺さんがいました。

Once upon a time, there was an old man in a certain place.

好々爺 こうこうや
彼は近所の好々爺として知られている。

He is known as the kind old man of the neighborhood.

老爺 ろうや
公園のベンチで一人の老爺が鳩に餌をやっていた。

An old man was feeding pigeons on a park bench.

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