The Radical: 老


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Meaning
old    老

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 1
aged/old (of people), venerable, experienced
lǎo
Top: old man , below: sitting person
The old man sitting there is aged and experienced.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
grandmother (maternal), old woman
lǎo, mǔ
Left: woman , right: old, experienced (old man as a sitting person )
The woman of the old sitting man is: the grandmother.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
fin

Left: fish / (... with mouth ⺈, body and tail fin ), right: person above 60 years ( [Old man , sitting person ], sun )[old man & order, purpose ]
At the fish they give like an old man (with the fingers ), the orders : the fins.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
addicted to, fond of, preference, (word's end ...-phil)
shì
Left: mouth , right: old man (old, experienced [old man , sitting person ], sun )
(He likes eating?) By the mouth has the old man his preferences: his addiction.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
male, man, person
lǎo
Left: person , right: old, experienced (old man as a sitting person )
The 'person' of the old man is: male.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
man of sixty or seventy

Top: old, experienced (old man as a sitting person ), bottom: sun
Image of an old man sitting in the sun (.. who gives instructions with the finger .)

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