老

lǎo = l + ao3

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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

老 = ⺹ + 匕 : 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

老
- 匕
  - 丿
  - 乚
- ⺹
  - 丿
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

匕

bǐ = bi + Ø3

dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon

匕 = 丿 + 乚 : 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.

⺹

Character component without intrinsic meaning

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

Characters with 老 as component

粩

la̅o = l + ao1

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]

耈

gǒu = g + ou3

old variant of 耇[gou3]