老 Home·Characters·老 Character · Qualities 老 えび ebi old, old age Composition 123456 Origin A pictogram of a stooped, long-haired elder leaning on a cane. In the thoughts 海老ebishrimp Proverbs carrying this character 098 海老で鯛を釣る Catching a sea bream with a shrimp. Related characters 不not, negation乏lack, scarcity也to be, also事matter, affair他other以by means of位rank, position何what, which健sturdy, healthy元origin, beginning