Chinese Character 老 Meanings and components.
Form
老
Meaning
- 老 meaning[3] in English
Prefix Used Before The Surname Of A Person Or A Numeral Indicating The Order Of Birth Of The Children In A Family Or To Indicate Affection Or Familiarity.
Old (Of People).
Venerable (Person).
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 老 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (耂) , and dagger (匕)
No radical has been identified in it.
How to write 老
To write老 you should write a combination of 耂 , 匕
耂 + 匕 = 老
老 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 老 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 老, looks as follow:
老
Pinyin:lao3
Meaning[3]: Prefix Used Before The Surname Of A Person Or A Numeral Indicating The Order Of Birth Of The Children In A Family Or To Indicate Affection Or Familiarity . Old (Of People) . Venerable (Person) . Experienced . Of Long Standing . Always . All The Time . Of The Past . Very . Outdated . (Of Meat Etc) Tough