12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

old, elderly

Kun'yomi
  • としより
On'yomi
  • テツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

old, elderly
テツ としより (Kentei 1)
old man, old age, grow old
ロウ お.いる ふ.ける (4th, N3)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 800B
JIS X 0208 1-70-47
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4703
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 28861
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3b9.15
Four corner code 4410.4