- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
capital
capital
He lost all his capital.
assets
He lost all his savings.
savings
He spent all his savings.
nest egg
(fig.) reputation
He gets by on his old reputation and past achievements.
laurels (to rest upon)
He cannot always live off his past achievements.
old edition of a book
This is an old book.
(tree) trunk
The trunk of this tree is very thick.
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
A horizontal line at the base of a tree marks the root—that is the foundation, the essential base.
capital
capital
He lost all his capital.
assets
He lost all his savings.
savings
He spent all his savings.
nest egg
(fig.) reputation
He gets by on his old reputation and past achievements.
laurels (to rest upon)
He cannot always live off his past achievements.
old edition of a book
This is an old book.
(tree) trunk
The trunk of this tree is very thick.
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
A horizontal line at the base of a tree marks the root—that is the foundation, the essential base.
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