老 | ||
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老 (U+8001) "old" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | lǎo | |
Bopomofo: | ㄌㄠˇ | |
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | lao | |
Wade–Giles: | lao3 | |
Cantonese Yale: | lóuh | |
Jyutping: | lou5 | |
Japanese Kana: | ロウ rou (
on'yomi) おいる oiru ふける fukeru ( kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 로 ro | |
Names | ||
Chinese name(s): | 老字頭/老字头 lǎozìtóu | |
Japanese name(s): | 老/おい oi | |
Hangul: | 늙을 neulgeul | |
Stroke order animation | ||
Radical 125 or radical old (老部) meaning " old" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 22 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
老 is also the 123rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 耂 being its associated indexing component.
Strokes | Characters |
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−2 | 耂 |
+0 | 老 考 |
+4 | 耄 者 耆 |
+5 | 耇 耈 (=耇) 耉 (=耇) |
+6 | 耊 (=耋) 耋 |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. [1] It is a fourth grade kanji [1]