Radical 125

老 耂 考
124 ⽻ ◄	125	► ⽽ 126
Pinyin :	lǎo (= old)
Zhuyin :	ㄌ ㄠ ˇ
Hiragana :	お い oi
Kanji :	老 冠 oikanmuri or 老頭 oigashira (= radical old)
Hangul :	늙을
Sinocorean :	로 ru (= old)
Codepoint :	U + 8001 8002 8003
Stroke sequence :

Radical 125 , meaning “ old ”, is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with six strokes. With 7 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "old" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 125. position. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries.

The oracle bone shape shows a person with long hair and a hunched back, leaning on a stick old. Accordingly, 老 (lao) puts its characters in this meaning field: 耆 (= over 60 years old), 耋 (= 70 or 80 years old), 耄 (mao = 90 years old). Originally, the 老 (lao) very similar looking 考 (kao = to hold or take an exam) meant old. 老師 means teacher and so the synonymous word 教 means to teach / teach. The symbol 孝 (= child's duties towards the parents) contains 老 (= old), but reduced by the lower component 匕, which has been replaced by the child (子): Sons and daughters do good to the old parents.

Character combinations ruled by radical 125

Japanese depiction of an old woman

Strokes	character
+ 00	老 耂 考
+ 04	耄 者 耆
+ 05	耇 耈 耉
+ 06	耊 耋

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , the radical 125 is coded under the code point number 12.156 (U + 2F7C).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 233 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 125  - Graphic representations of Radikal 125

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 125 on page 110