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老 — stroke order
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.
How 老 is written
- Radical
- 老
- Components
- 耂 ＋ 匕
- Formation
- Pictographic — A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂.