0113 - 老[노/로] - 늙다 - old, aged; experienced

The Story [이야기] :

• An elder is 耂 is slowly putting some butter on a bread with a magic spoon 匕.
• 노 is used if found at the beginning of the word, and 로 otherwise.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

노물 [老物] - a superannuated person; an old and decrepit stuff; a worn-out thing
노인 [老人] - old[older, elderly] man[woman], senior citizen
노자 [老子] - Lao-tzu (the founder of Taoism)
연로 [年老] - old [advanced] age
노년 [老年] - old age; declining years; the winter of life
노부 [老父] - one's old [aged] father
노모 [老母] - one's old [aged] mother
노부모 [老父母] - one's aged parents
노후 [老後] - one's old age; one's declining years; the winter [evening] of life
노목 [老木] - an old [aged] tree
장로교 [長老敎] - Presbyterian Church
불로 [不老] - eternal youth
불로하다 [不老하다] - (be) ever-young [ageless]; enjoy eternal youth
불로장생 [不老長生] - eternal [perennial, ageless] youth

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

성人이 된 子女들은 그들의 老父母를 돌보아야 합니다.
Grown-up children should look after their elderly parents.

大부분의 사람들에게 부양 家족은 子식이거나 年老한 父母다.
For most people, dependents are either children or elderly parents.