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老 — stroke order

lǎo
ㄌㄠˇ
Meaning
old
Strokes
6
Radical
老
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Watch how to write 老 (lǎo) stroke by stroke. 老 has 6 strokes and means “old”. It appears in common words such as 老師 (teacher) and 老公 (husband). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 老

The most common words that use 老 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

老師lǎoshīteacher老公lǎogōnghusband老婆lǎopówife老爸lǎobàfather老媽lǎomāmother老闆lǎobǎnRobam

How 老 is written

Radical
老
Components
耂 + 匕
Formation
Pictographic — A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂.

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