老
HSK 3 · Intermediate
老 Stroke Order: How to Write 老
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Meaning
- old
- Total strokes
- 6
More meanings
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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
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Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
6 strokes老 — 6 strokes
Radical: 老 lǎo (old, aged)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 5.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 6.竖折shù zhé · Vertical turning stroke