Hanja Analyzer
叟

叟 — su

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
늙은이 수
Romanization
su
English
old man; elder
Mandarin
sǒu
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, シュウ, ショウ, シン
Japanese kun'yomi
おきな
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
又 (29, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+53DF

How 叟 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 叟 as a ideographic compound involving 宀, 火, 又.

Japanese words with 叟

  • 叟そう old man; venerable gentleman
  • 迂叟うそう I; me; my humble self

Other hanja read “수”

Other hanja with radical 又

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