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sǒu

old man; elder

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HSK 9 strokes Uncommon (38%)
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臼
jiù
mortar; bone joint socket
丨
shù
number one; line
又
yòu
and, also, again, in addition
⿱⿻臼丨又 i

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Component Tree i

⿻臼丨
Radical component
yòu
又
and, also, again, in addition
📷 Pictographic: A right hand, representing a pair; compare 左
2 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 叟 (7)

sǒu
叟 ↗
old gentleman / old man
běisǒushīmǎ
北叟失马 ↗
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
Jiéfúlǐ·Qiáosǒu
杰弗里・乔叟 ↗
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales [[坎特伯雷故事集<KǎntèbóléiGùshìJí>]]
tóngsǒuwúqī
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.
lǎosǒu
老叟 ↗
old man
YěsǒuPùyán
野叟曝言 ↗
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu [[夏敬渠<XiàJìngqú>]]
Qiáosǒu
乔叟 ↗
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales [[坎特伯雷故事集<KǎntèbóléiGùshìJí>]]