traditional: 老
simplified: (same)
Pinyin: lao [3rd sound]
Definition: old, venerable (person)
In the picture we can see an old hunchbacked man with a cane in his hand, upper part is a long gray hair. The original meaning of it referred to the aged; later on it extended to refer to the adjective "old" and also “experienced”, “of long standing”, “of the past”.
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