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老

老 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “old”. It is built from 耂 (old) and 匕 (spoon). It appears as a component in 19 other characters in this index.

Keyword
old
Pinyin (Mandarin)
lǎo
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
old, aged, старый, aged
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
老 old man

Decomposition

ids

  1. 耂 old
  2. variant of kangxi radical 125
  3. 匕 spoon

Characters that contain 老

How to find 老 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “old” + “spoon”. 老 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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