prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

= + : Lancelot (l) is showing his respect to grandpa (老) in the aorta's living room (ao3). He's bowing deep and offering a crown (⺹), but grandpa refuses by hitting Lancelot on the head with a ladle (匕).

老 character breakdown

dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon

= 丿 + : Brunhilde plays a game inside the space station's living room (Ø3) using zero gravity: using a big ladle (mnemonic symbol for 匕) and a shovel (乚) as bats, she beats a banana (丿) back and forth.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + 丿 : Looks a bit like a crown. The crown is made of three bananas and a bit of clay.

Characters with 老 as component

a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc / Taiwan pr. [lao3]
old variant of 耇[gou3]

Words with 老

senior figure / elder / doyen
very old / obsolete / out of date
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
one who tries never to offend anybody
unmarried old woman / spinster
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran
the same old stuff
a long time ago
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur

Sentences with 老

ná
ǎn
lǎo
su̅n
de
dà
huán
da̅o
lái