Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

HSK
1

old age

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

lao3 lǎo

Meaning


Primary

old age

Alternatives

old

Mnemonic


[l-] Legolas is in the [3] cellar of the [-ao] barn, talking to his elvish elder. The elder takes out a 匕 spoon from a milk bucket and says that his 老 old age is older than the 匕 spoon... which is two millennia old. Yep, elvish elders live to an extremely 老 old age.

Similar Meaning Characters


Same Pronunciation


Found In Words