man of sixty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
老 meaning component

  Meaning component

lǎo

  

old

旨 sound component

  Sound component

zhǐ

  

purpose

Evolution

耆 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
耆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
耆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
耆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

man of sixty; aged, old; man of sixty or seventy

Most common words with 耆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

man of sixty or seventy

焉耆

Yanqi county in Xinjiang

焉耆县

Yenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang

焉耆回族自治县

Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)