Radical 125

Radical 125 meaning "old" is 1 of 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 6 strokes.

Radical 125 (U+2F7C)
(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)
おいる oiru
ふける fukeru
Sino-Korean:로 ro
Names
Japanese name(s):老 oi
Hangul:늙을 neulgeul
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 22 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 125

seal script character
strokescharacter
without additional strokes老 耂 考
4 additional strokes耄 者 耆
5 additional strokes耇 耈 耉
6 additional strokes耊 耋

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
  • Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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