叟 — Chinese character
叟
sǒu
old man; elder
- Pinyin
- sǒu
- Radical
- 29 ⼜ (Again)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 臼 丨 又
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 又 holding up a candle, representing failing vision
- Japanese
- 叟 as a kanji
Common words with 叟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 童叟无欺 (童叟無欺) | tóng sǒu wú qī | 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 a |
| 老叟 | lǎo sǒu | old man |
| 北叟失马 (北叟失馬) | běi sǒu shī mǎ | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise |
叟 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 4
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