Radical 125
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 125 | uni |
| meaning | old |
| pny | lǎo |
| bopo | ㄌㄠˇ |
| gr | lao |
| wade | lao3 |
| jyutping | lou5 |
| yale | lóuh |
| cn | 老字頭/老字头 lǎozìtóu |
| onyomi | ロウ rou |
| kunyomi | おいる oiru |
| ふける fukeru | |
| jp | 老/おい oi |
| hang | 늙을 neulgeul |
| hanja | 로 ro |
| :: |
|125|uni=8001 |meaning= old |pny= lǎo |bopo= ㄌㄠˇ |gr= lao |wade= lao3 |jyutping= lou5 |yale= lóuh |cn= 老字頭/老字头 lǎozìtóu |onyomi= ロウ rou |kunyomi= おいる oiru ふける fukeru |jp= 老/おい oi |hang= 늙을 neulgeul |hanja= 로 ro
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
File:老-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:老-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:老-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:老-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| 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. It is a fourth grade kanji.
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