Radical 125
老 耂 考 | ||
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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) |
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Hangul : | 늙을 | |
Sinocorean : | 로 ru (= old) | |
Codepoint : | U + 8001 8002 8003 |
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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The symbol 孝 (= child's duties towards the parents) contains 老 (= old), but reduced by the lower component 匕, which has been replaced by the child (子): Sons and daughters do good to the old parents.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
Strokes | character |
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+ | 0老 耂 考
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+ | 4耄 者 耆
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+ | 5耇 耈 耉
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+ | 6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
- Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 125 on page 110