"老漢" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɾo̞ːkã̠ɴ] Forms: 老漢 [canonical] (ruby: (ろう), (かん)), rōkan [romanization], raukan [romanization], らうかん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /raukan/ → /rɔːkan/ → /roːkan/ From Middle Chinese compound 老漢 /老汉 (law^X xanᴴ, literally “old + Han Chinese”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ろうかん}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|ろうかん|hhira=らうかん}} 老(ろう)漢(かん) • (rōkan) ^(←らうかん (raukan)?)
  1. an old man
    Sense id: en-老漢-ja-noun-xxxxrGP~ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 5 5 21 16 23 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 57 31 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 54 33 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 34 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 32 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 33 13
  2. I, me (a humble form of self-reference used by males)
    Sense id: en-老漢-ja-noun-FCL~hFwI Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 5 5 21 16 23 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 4 4 18 13 35 10 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 51 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 34 36
  3. an old monk, an old priest, particularly the head of a temple
    Sense id: en-老漢-ja-noun-lMLSXMai Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 5 5 21 16 23 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 34 36
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  "etymology_text": "/raukan/ → /rɔːkan/ → /roːkan/\nFrom Middle Chinese compound 老漢 /老汉 (law^X xanᴴ, literally “old + Han Chinese”).",
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Download raw JSONL data for 老漢 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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