老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老朋友
lǎopéngyou
old friend
Characters in this word
朋 péng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
友 yǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 𠂇 hand 又 and, also, again, in addition
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他是老朋友。 Tā shì lǎopéngyou. He is an old friend.
- 我见老朋友。 Wǒ jiàn lǎopéngyou. I meet an old friend.
- 老朋友来了。 Lǎopéngyou lái le. An old friend has come.