Radical 125
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| 老 | |
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Radical 125 (U+2F7C)
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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 | |
| File:老-order.gif | |
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
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Oracle bone script character
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
Sinogram
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Literature
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External links
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