• 179th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 71 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǎo (lao3)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity • old (of people) • venerable (person) • experienced • of long standing • always • all the time • of the past • very • outdated • (of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lǎo (lao3)The component is pronounced as 'lǎo' (lao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老子 
老家 
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Uncommon

偕老 
古老 
回老家 
年老 
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
老人 
老人家 
老化 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太 
老太太 
老娘 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老早 
老是 
老板娘 
老汉 (老漢)
老爷 (老爺)
老爷爷 (老爺爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老头子 (老頭子)
老鼠 
苍老 (蒼老)
衰老 
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)

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  • 819th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ba4)variant of 霸
2. bǎi (bai3)one hundred (old)
3. (bo2)father's elder brother • senior • paternal elder uncle • eldest of brothers • respectful form of address • Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba4)The component is pronounced as 'bái' (bai2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for bǎi (bai3)The component is pronounced as 'bái' (bai2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for (bo2)The component is pronounced as 'bái' (bai2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

伯伯 
伯母 
伯爵 
大伯 
阿拉伯 

Uncommon

亚伯拉罕 (亞伯拉罕)
伯克利 
伯利恒 (伯利恆)
伯南克 
伯恩 
伯明翰 
伯乐 (伯樂)
伯父 
伯尔尼 (伯爾尼)
叔伯 
唐伯虎 
嘉士伯 
张伯伦 (張伯倫)
斯皮尔伯格 (斯皮爾伯格)
沙特阿拉伯 
罗伯特 (羅伯特)
罗伯逊 (羅伯遜)
老伯 
老伯伯 
肖伯纳 (肖伯納)
萧伯纳 (蕭伯納)
西伯利亚 (西伯利亞)
阿拉伯人 
阿拉伯海 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿尔伯特 (阿爾伯特)
韦伯 (韋伯)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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