老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老年
lǎonián
old age
Characters in this word
年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 老年人很多。 Lǎonián rén hěn duō. There are many elderly people.
- 他到老年了。 Tā dào lǎonián le. He has reached old age.
- 老年生活好。 Lǎonián shēnghuó hǎo. Life in old age is good.