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old variant of 耋[dié]
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The character 耊, an archaic variant of 耋, refers to an elderly person over the age of eighty. It is formed as an ideogrammic compound: the semantic component 老 (old, aged) sits above 至 (to arrive, to reach), visually representing the concept of reaching an advanced stage of life. The standard form 耋, however, uses a phonetic such as 劤 at the bottom, whereas 耊 depends purely on semantic elements to express extreme old age.
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