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耋 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「老」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「老」
On
テツてつ · tetsu
Kun
としよりtoshiyori
Meaning
very old age

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Old 老 with 至 as phonetic: a person of about eighty years.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 耄耋ぼうてつ

    advanced old age

  • 耋としより

    an aged person

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

耄耋に至(いた)ってなお筆(ふで)を執(と)る。

Even in advanced old age they still take up the brush.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

耄耋耋耄to gro…耆aged老old屮a spro…佚to esc…垤anthil…咥to hol…捏to kne…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 老Map of reading テツAll maps

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