叟

sǒu

Radical: 又 ideographic

Components & Etymology

叟 decomposes into the following components:

臼 丨 又

Words containing 叟

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 叟.

乔叟
qiáo sǒu
老叟
lǎo sǒu
old man
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
童叟无欺
tóng sǒu wú qī
cheating neither old nor young (idiom)
野叟曝言
yě sǒu pù yán
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia4 Jing4 qu2]
杰弗里·乔叟
jié fú lǐ · qiáo sǒu

Related characters (radical 又)

Characters that share the radical 又.

又 叉 及 友 双 反 发 叒 叔 叕 取 受 变 叙 叚 叛 叠 叢 艰 难

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