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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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).
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.
姥
=
女
+
老
:
Sir Lancelot (l) and his mother Bessie Coleman (女) meet Lancelot's granddad (老) in the aorta (ao3). His granddad says that he cannot keep his secret anymore: actually he's a woman, so he's his maternal grandma (姥). She also wants to become governess (姥) of the aorta.