耇

Information about character(s)

Radical: 老
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 耈

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gǒu
Cantonese: gau2
JapaneseKun: OIRU
JapaneseOn: KOU KU
Korean: KWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wrinkled face of the elderly

CE-Dict: wrinkled face of the elderly

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《老部》耇老人面凍黎若垢。从老省，句聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【老字部】耇
【廣韻】古厚切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】舉厚切，𠀤音苟。【說文】老人面凍黎若垢。【釋名】耇，垢也。皮色驪悴，恆如有垢者也。或曰胡耇。【書·微子】咈其耇長。【傳】耇老之長。【詩·小雅】遐不黃耇。【傳】老也。【釋文】壽也。【左傳·僖二十二年】雖及胡耇，獲則取之。　又【韻補】叶果許切。【崔駰·慰志賦】闢四門以博延兮，彼幽牧之我舉。畫定而計決兮，豈云賁乎鄙耇。