麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る (きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる) — even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old

Practice Writing

Character: 1/13

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る

even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old

きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる

麒

Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe...

鹿

しか, か, ロク

广

dotted cliff radical (no. 53)

厂

wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)

かりがね, カン

比

compare, race, ratio...

くら.べる, ヒ

匕

spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)

其

それ, その, キ

亠

( CDP-88C8 ) kettle lid radical (no. 8)

麟

Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe...

鹿

しか, か, ロク

广

dotted cliff radical (no. 53)

厂

wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)

かりがね, カン

比

compare, race, ratio...

くら.べる, ヒ

匕

spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)

粦

米

rice, USA, metre

こめ, よね, ベイ

舛

dancing radical (no. 136)

まい, そむ.く, ブ

夕

㐄

老

old man, old age, grow old

お.いる, ふ.ける, ロウ

耂

( 老 ) variant of radical 125

土

soil, earth, ground...

つち, ド, ト

匕

spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)

駑

slow horse, foolish fellow

にぶ.い, ド

奴

guy, slave, manservant...

やつ, やっこ, ド

女

おんな, め, ジョ

又

or again, furthermore, on the other hand

また, また-, ユウ

馬

うま, うま-, バ

灬

( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)

馬

うま, うま-, バ

灬

( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)

劣

inferiority, be inferior to, be worse

おと.る, レツ

少

すく.ない, すこ.し, ショウ

小

ちい.さい, こ-, ショウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

力

power, strength, strong...

ちから, リョク, リキ

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