老字頭

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (老字頭)		老	字	頭
simp. (老字头)		老	字	头

Examples
考 (kǎo, “to test”, 耂丂) 者 (zhě, “-er; -ist; one who […] ”, 耂日)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎozìtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ zi⁶ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozìtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozìhtóu
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tzŭ⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: lǎu-dz̀-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzyhtour
  - Palladius: лаоцзытоу (laoczytou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ zi⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: lóuh jih tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dzi⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ ji⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

老字頭

The Chinese character component 耂.

Synonyms

老省