Unicode: U+8004

Pinyin: mào

Definition

* 年老,八九十岁的年纪。 ~耋( dié )之年

elderly person; very old, senile

Structure

耄 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC