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Words containing 老:

There are 11 words starting with 老 and at least 10 other words containing 老 in this database. The average frequency of words in the database containing this character is rank orange high

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Other characters containing 老 as a component:

There are 13 character descriptions containing a reference to this character of which 1 so far have been determined to contain this as a phonetic component. The average frequency of all characters in the database containing this component is rank yellow medium
Phonetic:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
考 考 kao3 to verify 老 省 ， rank red 14

Semantic or reference:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
𦒶 𦒶 老 � rank darkblue 0
耊 耊 die4 老 � rank darkblue 0
孝 孝 xiao4 filial 老 � rank orange 4

Other: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
耋 耋 die2 aged rank darkblue 0
咾 咾 lao3 noise rank darkblue 0
狫 狫 lao3 the name of certain savage tribes known as Laos still found in Kuei-chou rank darkblue 0
恅 恅 lao3 confused rank darkblue 0
耄 耄 mao4 aged rank darkblue 1
峔 峔 mu3 rank darkblue 0
荖 荖 pei2 sirih leaf eaten with the betel-nut rank darkblue 0
耆 耆 qi2 man of sixty or seventy 老 省 ， rank lightblue 1

Other (no pinyin data available): (Back to top)
Simp Trad Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
𦽡 𦽡 老 蒿 rank darkblue 0
Some common words starting with 老: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
老师 lao3shi1 teacher rank red
老人 lao3ren2 the aged rank red
老挝 lao3wo1 Laos rank orange
老爷 lao3ye2 maternal grandfather rank orange
老百姓 lao3bai3xing4 ordinary people rank orange
老实 lao3shi5 credulousness rank orange
老婆 lao3po2 wife (informal term) rank orange
老子 lao3zi3 Lao Zian important philosopher of Dao in ancient China rank orange
老板 lao3ban3 business proprietor rank orange
老太太 lao3tai4tai5 old women rank orange
老头 lao3tou2 old fellow rank orange

Other common words containing 老: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
古老 gu3lao3 old rank orange
衰老 shuai1lao3 to grow old rank orange
长老 zhang3lao3 elder rank yellow
元老 yuan2lao3 patriarch rank yellow
小老婆 xiao3lao3po2 left-hand wife rank yellow
元老院 yuan2lao3yuan4 senior statesmen's assembly rank lightblue
敬老 jing4lao3 to respect the old rank lightblue
年老 nian2lao3 aged rank lightblue
百老汇 bai3lao3hui4 Broadway rank lightblue
小老鼠 xiao3lao3shu3 mouselet rank lightblue
长老会 zhang3lao3hui4 presbytery rank lightblue
不敌老 chan2jian4 not to fade with age rank darkblue