Radical 125
Chinese character radical
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Radical 125 or radical old (老部) meaning "old" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 老 | |
|---|---|
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 | |
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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
Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters
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.[1] It is a fourth grade kanji.[1]
