老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老头儿
lǎotóur
old man
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 老头儿喝茶。 Lǎotóur hē chá. The old man drinks tea.
- 老头儿很乐。 Lǎotóur hěn lè. The old man is very happy.
- 老头儿走了。 Lǎotóur zǒu le. The old man has left.