老

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

老 (radical 125 老+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 十大心 (JKP), four-corner 4471₁, composition ⿱耂匕)

1. old, aged
2. experienced

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 960, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28842
• Dae Jaweon: page 1407, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2778, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8001

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

老 (Yale lou5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

老 (grade 4 kanji)

1. old age, an old person, the aged

[edit] Readings

• On: ろう (rō)
• Kun: おいる (oiru), ふける (fukeru), おい (oi)

[edit] Compounds

• 老衰

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

老 (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune-Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

老 (pinyin lǎo (lao3), Wade-Giles lao³)

[edit] Compounds

• 老子
• 老外
• 老师
• 老虎
• 老鼠
• 老掉牙

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[edit] Middle Chinese

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老 (*lǎu)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

老 (lão, láu, lảo, lảu, rảu, lẩu, lẽo, lếu)