Radical 125

Radical 125 or radical old meaning "" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 22 characters to be found under this radical.
老 is also the 123rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing [Chinese Character Components] predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

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Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a fourth grade kanji.

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