Chinese Character 耄 Meanings and components.

Form

耄

Meaning

耄 meaning[3] in English

Extremely Aged (In One's 80s Or 90s).

Octogenarian.

Nonagenarian.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 耄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are prefix used before … (老) , and surname Mao (毛)

Its radical[1] is: 老 (lao3) which means: 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Old (Of People), Venerable (Person), Experienced, Of Long Standing, Always, All The Time, Of The Past, Very, Outdated, (Of Meat Etc) Tough, .老lao3prefix used …

In cangjie it is written with JPHQU

How to write 耄

To write耄mao4extremely aged … you should write a combination of 老lao3prefix used … , 毛mao2surname Mao arranged in a 吕 shape:

老 + 毛 = 耄

耄 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 耄 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 耄, looks as follow:

耄
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Extremely Aged (In One'S 80s Or 90s) . Octogenarian . Nonagenarian
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 Outdated .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
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
毛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Surname Mao

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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