Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough

Pinyin
lǎo
Strokes
6
Frequency
511 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to fall, to drop, to lag behind, to lose, to go missing, to reduce, fall (in prices), to lose (value, weight etc), to wag, to swing, to turn, to change, to exchange, to swap, to show off, to shed (hair), (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Pinyin
diào
Strokes
11
Frequency
625 of 2500