老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- Made of
- 耂 old, aged 匕 spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老人
lǎorén
old person, the elderly
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- Made of
- 丿 slash ㇏
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 老人在公园里走。 Lǎorén zài gōngyuán li zǒu. An old man is walking in the park.
- 老人在看书。 Lǎorén zài kàn shū. The old man is reading.
- 这个老人很累。 Zhège lǎorén hěn lèi. This old man is very tired.