耋 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「老」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「老」
- On
- テツ
- Kun
- としより
- Meaning
- very old age
Origin
Old 老 with 至 as phonetic: a person of about eighty years.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 耄耋ぼうてつ
advanced old age
- 耋としより
an aged person
Example
耄耋に至ってなお筆を執る。
Even in advanced old age they still take up the brush.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)