also: おじ
The old man quietly began to tell old tales.
The village elders gathered to discuss.
Standard kanji form; the reading ろうおう is the modern standard.
Gikun/jukujikun reading, now obsolete. Learners should use ろうおう.
Composed of 老 (old) and 翁 (old man, venerable elder). The reading ろうおう is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi. The obsolete reading おじ is a gikun/jukujikun, assigning a native Japanese word to the kanji compound.