をう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of をう – see the following entry.
S
[affix]old man
[noun]old man; venerable gentleman
[suffix](honorific) venerable; old; father
[pronoun](humble, used by elderly men) I; me
(This term, をう, is the historical hiragana spelling of the Sino-Japanese term.)
For a list of all kanji with historical on'yomi をう, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with historical on reading をう.
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