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U+8001

Seal script

Jinwen

Jiaguwen

Jianbo

Alternate form
𠄰
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 0 strokes = 6 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.301#28 Kangxi: p.960#25 Cihai: p.1077r3c03 GSR: 1055.a Hanyu: v4,p2778#01
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Compositionally related: . Component of: 𦒲 𬚊 𦒴 𦒵 𨚻 𡋎 𡶰 𢂢 𣴐 𫐥 𭓮 𦒹 [More]
Mandarin:lǎo ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese:lou5
Tang reconstruction:*lɑ̌u
Shuowen:老部》老:考也。七十曰老。从人、毛、匕。言须发变白也。凡老之属皆从老。
Guangyun:广韵·上声··》老:𦒿老亦姓左传宋有老佐。卢晧切,十四。
Kangxi:康熙字典·老部·老部》老:〔古文〕𠄰《广韵》卢皓切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》鲁皓切,𠀤音栳。《说文》考也。七十曰老。从人毛匕,言须发变白也。《礼·曲礼》七十曰老而传。《公羊传·宣十一年》使帅一二耋老而绥焉。《注》六十称耋,七十称老。又《·郑风》与子偕老。《疏》没身不衰也。《礼·祭义》贵老。爲其近于亲也。又《周礼·地官·鄕老注》老,尊称也。又《仪礼·聘礼》授老币。《注》老賔之臣。《疏》大夫家臣称老。又《礼·曲礼》国君不名卿老。《注》卿老亦卿也。又《礼·王制》天子之老。《注》老谓上公。又《礼·礼运》三老在学。《注》乞言,则受之三老。《左传·昭三年》三老冻馁。《注》三老,谓上寿、中寿、下寿,皆八十已上。又《左传·隐三年》桓公立,乃老。《注》老,致仕也。又《列子·天瑞篇》老,耄也。又姓。《广韵》宋有老佐。又《韵补》叶朗口切。《释名》老,朽也。《史记·律书》酉者,万物之老也。又《韵补》叶满补切,姥当以此得声。《班固·西都赋》若臣者,徒观迹于旧墟,闻之乎故老。十分未得其一端,故不能徧举也。
Fanqie:卢晧 (《广韵·上声··》)
Unihan definition:old, aged; experienced

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Example usage

论语·公冶长》:子曰:“者安之,朋友信之,少者怀之。”
The Master said, "They are, in regard to the aged, to give them rest; in regard to friends, to show them sincerity; in regard to the young, to treat them tenderly."
孟子·尽心上》:吾闻西伯善养者。
I have heard that the chief of the West knows well how to nourish the old.
礼记·曲礼上》:七十曰,而传。
When he is seventy, we say, 'He is old;' he delegates his duties to others.
扬子法言》:子之言道德,吾有取焉耳。
As for the Laozi's words about Dao and de, I have adopted them.
庄子·齐物论》:其厌也如缄,以言其洫也。
Then their ideas seem as if fast bound with cords, showing that the mind is become like an old and dry moat.
道德经》:物壮则,是谓不道,不道早已。
When things have attained their strong maturity they become old. This may be said to be not in accordance with the Dao: and what is not in accordance with it soon comes to an end.
商君书·去强》:强国知十三数:境内仓口之数,壮男壮女之数,弱之数,官士之数,以言说取食者之数,利民之数,马牛刍藁之数。
A strong country knows thirteen figures: the number of granaries within its borders, the number of able-bodied men and of women, the number of old and of weak people, the number of officials and of officers, the number of those making a livelihood by talking, the number of useful people, the number of horses and of oxen, the quantity of fodder and of straw.
史记·五帝本纪》:于是帝尧,命舜摄行天子之政,以观天命。
The Emperor Yao being old ordered that Shun should be associated with him in the government of the Empire in order to observe Heaven's decrees.
荀子·大略》:君臣不得不尊,父子不得不亲,兄弟不得不顺,夫妇不得不驩,少者以长,者以养。
说苑·修文》:入其境,土地辟除,敬尊贤,则有庆,益其地。
春秋繁露·王道》:教以爱,使以忠,敬长,亲亲而尊尊,不夺民时,使民不过岁三日。
韩诗外传·卷一》:家贫亲者,不择官而仕。
大戴礼记·主言》:孔子曰:“上敬则下益孝,上顺齿则下益悌,上乐施则下益谅,上亲贤则下择友,上好德则下不隐,上恶贪则下耻争,上强果则下廉耻,民皆有别,则贞、则正,亦不劳矣,此谓七教。”
白虎通德论·》:卿大夫归死有谥何?
新书·劝学》:既遇聃,噩若慈父,雁行避景,夔立蛇进,而后敢问。
新序·善谋下》:此四人者年矣,皆以上慢侮士,故逃匿山中,义不为汉臣,然上高此四人。
中论·修本》:如斯以及于,故野人之事,不胜其悔。
孔子家语·致思》:家贫亲,不择禄而仕。
潜夫论·赞学》:故《志》曰:黄帝师风后,颛顼师彭,帝喾师祝融,尧师务成,舜师纪后,禹师墨如,汤师伊尹,文、武师姜尚,周公师庶秀,孔子师聃。
论衡·命义》:犹高祖初起,相工入丰、沛之邦,多封侯之人矣,未必少男女俱贵而有相也,卓砾时见,往往皆然
太玄经·𤕠》:测曰,“白日临辰”、得势也。
风俗通义·六国》:其后将霸,未而死。
孔丛子·广言》:叜、艾,也。
新语·至德》:是以君子之为治也,块然若无事,寂然若无声,官府若无吏,亭落若无民,闾里不讼于巷,幼不愁于庭,近者无所议,远者无所听,邮驿无夜行之吏,乡闾无夜名之征,犬不夜吠,乌不夜鸣,者息于堂,丁壮者耕耘于田,在朝者忠于君,在家者孝于亲。
独断·卷上》:先帝故事,所至见长吏三官属,亲临轩,作乐,赐食皂帛越巾刀佩带,民爵有级数,或赐田租之半,是故谓之幸,皆非其所当得而得之。
蔡中郎集·独断》:桑扈氏农正、趣民养蚕,扈氏农正、趣民收麦。
墨子·大取》:德行、君上、长、亲戚,此皆所厚也。
列子·天瑞》:燕之为蛤也,田鼠之为鹑也,朽瓜之为鱼也,韭之为苋也。
鶡冠子·道端》:以身世,正以错国,服义行仁,以一王业。
文子·道原》:子曰:“有物混成,先天地生,惟象无形,窈窈冥冥,寂寥淡漠,不闻其声,吾强为之名,字之曰道。”
文始真经·五鉴》:或以畜为身。
列仙传·容成公》:事与子同,亦云子师也。
老子河上公章句》:吾不知谁之子,子言:我不知,道所从生。
韩非子·有度》:睢阳之事,荆军而走。
管子·轻重己》:无妻无子,谓之鳏。
六韬·临境》:令我弱,拽柴扬尘,鼓呼而往来,或出其左,或出其右,去敌无过百步,其将必劳,其卒必骇。
司马法·仁本》:见其幼,奉归勿伤。
尉缭子·战威》:如此,则师虽久,而不不弊。
三略·上略》:二者无功,则士力疲惫,士力疲惫,则将孤众悖,以守则不固,以战则奔北,是谓兵。
淮南子·道应训》:子曰:“知和曰常,知常曰明,益生曰祥,心使气曰强。”
吕氏春秋·贵直》:先生之欤昏欤?

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