| 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 | |
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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.
Evolution
 Oracle bone script character Oracle bone script character
 Bronze script character Bronze script character
 Large seal script character Large seal script character
 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| −2 | 耂 | 
| +0 | 老 考 | 
| +4 | 耄 者 耆 | 
| +5 | 耇 耈 (=耇) 耉 (=耇) | 
| +6 | 耊 (=耋) 耋 | 
Sinogram
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]
References
- 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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