耄

Information about character(s)

Radical: 老
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mào
Cantonese: mou6
JapaneseKun: OIBORERU
JapaneseOn: MOU BOU
Korean: MO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: elderly person; very old, senile

CE-Dict: extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s)/octogenarian/nonagenarian

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an octogenarian
2.advanced in years

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【老字部】耄
〔古文〕𧂕【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤莫報切，音帽。【說文】作𦽡。年九十曰𦽡。【玉篇】耄同𦽡。【書·大禹謨】耄期倦于勤。【禮·曲禮】八十九十曰耄。【註】耄，惛忘也。　又【釋名】七十曰耄。頭髮白，耄耄然也。　又【韻補】叶莫故切。【楚辭·九歎】顏黴黧以沮敗兮，精越裂而哀耄。裳幨幨而含風兮，衣納納而掩露。　又【集韻】通作旄。【孟子】反其旄倪。　【類篇】亦作𧂕。　又【集韻】武道切，音茆。義同。

CF-Dict: 70 ans ou plus/septuagénaire

Han-De-Dict: bejahrt, gealtert (u.E.)