Keyword
old man
- elder
- Frequency
- #4706
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
sǒu
Mnemonic
A hand 又 holding up a candle, representing failing vision
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Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
叟
old gentleman; old man
乔叟
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集 (KǎntèbóléiGùshìJí)
童叟无欺
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
老叟
old man
野叟曝言
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠 (XiàJìngqú)