耄

mào

m+ào·4th tone

extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s)

Radical: 聅 Strokes: 10

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Character Decomposition

耄=老+毛

Etymology

old

Meanings

extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s)

octogenarian

nonagenarian

mào

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Words with 耄 40 total

senile · senility惛耄hūn mào dim sight of the aged · doddering · senile老耄lǎo mào feeble-minded and senile谬耄miù mào (literary) one's 80s or 90s耄期mào qī to be upset or disturbed耄思mào sī old and young耄倪mào ní