This logogram is of pictographic origin and it was designed to visualize:

A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂

  • 老 old, aged; experienced lǎo
    • 耂 old, aged; experienced lǎo
      • 土 soil, earth; items made of earth tǔ
      • 丿 slash piě
    • 匕 spoon, ladle; knife, dirk bǐ
老 lǎo old, aged experienced 咾栳耄耆嗜蓍鰭鳍耋铑

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