老

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/老

Glyph origin
– a man with long hair (an old man), leaning on a cane. Compare top component to.

Cognate to ; the most commonly cited example of.

Etymology
zh. Compare 🇨🇬,, whence 🇨🇬,. See also,.

An old Sino-Vietnamese borrowing is.

Definitions

 * 1) old; aged; elderly
 * 2) old (as opposed to new); of long standing
 * 3) outdated; old-fashioned
 * 4) original; former
 * 5) the elderly; one's elders
 * 6)  experienced
 * 7)  to respect (the elderly, one's elders)
 * 8)  overcooked; tough; stringy; hard
 * 9)  stale; not fresh
 * 10) always; all the time
 * 11)  very; quite
 * 12)  to die; to pass away
 * → (for younger people)
 * 1) the elderly; one's elders
 * 2)  experienced
 * 3)  to respect (the elderly, one's elders)
 * 4)  overcooked; tough; stringy; hard
 * 5)  stale; not fresh
 * 6) always; all the time
 * 7)  very; quite
 * 8)  to die; to pass away
 * → (for younger people)
 * 1)  to respect (the elderly, one's elders)
 * 2)  overcooked; tough; stringy; hard
 * 3)  stale; not fresh
 * 4) always; all the time
 * 5)  very; quite
 * 6)  to die; to pass away
 * → (for younger people)
 * 1) always; all the time
 * 2)  very; quite
 * 3)  to die; to pass away
 * → (for younger people)
 * 1)  to die; to pass away
 * → (for younger people)
 * 1)  to die; to pass away
 * → (for younger people)
 * → (for younger people)
 * → (for younger people)
 * → (for younger people)

Synonyms






Kanji

 * 1) old age, an elderly person, the aged, the elderly

Etymology
From.