Radical 125

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Radical 125 or radical old (老部) meaning "old" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

← 124 Radical 125 (U+2F7C) 126 →
(U+8001) "old"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:lǎo
Bopomofo:ㄌㄠˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:lao
Wade–Giles:lao3
Cantonese Yale:lóuh
Jyutping:lou5
Japanese Kana:ロウ rou (on'yomi)
おいる oiru
ふける fukeru
(kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:로 ro
Names
Chinese name(s):老字頭/老字头 lǎozìtóu
Japanese name(s):老/おい oi
Hangul:늙을 neulgeul
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 22 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 123rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
−2
+0
+4
+5 (=耇) (=耇)
+6 (=耋)

Sinogram

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The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fourth grade kanji[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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