"翁" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

IPA: [o̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (おう)), ō [romanization], wou [romanization], をう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 翁 (MC 'uwng). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=おう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|翁}} 翁 (MC 'uwng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|おう|hhira=をう}} 翁(おう) • (ō) ^(←をう (wou)?)
  1. old man
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-affix-DKUym1yx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Male people, Japanese affixes, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 0 16 22 25 16 0 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 0 23 8 21 23 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 0 23 7 21 23 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 19 0 19 14 21 19 0 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 0 23 7 21 24 0 3 Disambiguation of Male people: 24 0 24 7 22 24 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 37 42 13 8 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 28 30 8 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 45 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Character

Forms: Jōyō kanji [romanization]
  1. king Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-character-6B3-aYQa Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 4 29 28 28 5 4 0 2
  2. old man Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-character-DKUym1yx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations, Male people Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 0 16 22 25 16 0 4 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 0 23 8 21 23 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 0 23 7 21 23 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 4 29 28 28 5 4 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 19 0 19 14 21 19 0 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 0 23 7 21 24 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 77 23 Disambiguation of Male people: 24 0 24 7 22 24 0 0
  3. venerable gentleman Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-character-9PnUKvCU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 0 16 22 25 16 0 4 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 4 29 28 28 5 4 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 19 0 19 14 21 19 0 9

Noun

IPA: [o̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (おう)), ō [romanization], wou [romanization], をう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 翁 (MC 'uwng). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=おう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|翁}} 翁 (MC 'uwng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おう|hhira=をう}} 翁(おう) • (ō) ^(←をう (wou)?)
  1. old man; venerable gentleman
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-noun-KNK7gts- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Male people, Japanese affixes, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 0 16 22 25 16 0 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 0 23 8 21 23 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 0 23 7 21 23 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 19 0 19 14 21 19 0 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 0 23 7 21 24 0 3 Disambiguation of Male people: 24 0 24 7 22 24 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 37 42 13 8 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 28 30 8 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 45 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [o̞kʲina̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (おきな)), okina [romanization]
Etymology: Contrasts with 嫗 (omina). Head templates: {{ja-noun|おきな}} 翁(おきな) • (okina)
  1. old man Derived forms: 翁草 (okina-gusa) (ruby: 翁草(オキナグサ))
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-noun-DKUym1yx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Male people Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 0 16 22 25 16 0 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 0 23 8 21 23 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 0 23 7 21 23 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 19 0 19 14 21 19 0 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 0 23 7 21 24 0 3 Disambiguation of Male people: 24 0 24 7 22 24 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: [o̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (おう)), ō [romanization], wou [romanization], をう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 翁 (MC 'uwng). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=おう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|翁}} 翁 (MC 'uwng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|おう|hhira=をう}} 翁(おう) • (ō) ^(←をう (wou)?)
  1. (humble, used by elderly men) I; me Tags: humble
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-pron-ZLbvprAF Categories (other): Japanese affixes Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 37 42 13 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [o̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (おう)), [romanization], -wou [romanization], をう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 翁 (MC 'uwng). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=おう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|翁}} 翁 (MC 'uwng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|おう|hhira=をう}} 翁(おう) • (-ō) ^(←をう (-wou)?)
  1. (honorific) venerable; old; father Tags: honorific, morpheme
    Sense id: en-翁-ja-suffix-NNxdkK2q Categories (other): Age, Japanese pronouns Disambiguation of Age: 15 0 15 7 13 15 0 34 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 28 30 8 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for 翁 meaning in Japanese (10.1kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "翁"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "翁",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "翁"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "翁",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "翁"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "翁",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (89ebc88 and e74c913). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.