老

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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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

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

姥
mǔ = mu + Ø3
governess / old woman
姥
lǎo = l + ao3
grandma (maternal)
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.
耆
qí = qi + Ø2
man of sixty or seventy
佬
lǎo = l + ao3
male / man (Cantonese)
铑
銠
lǎo = l + ao3
rhodium (chemistry)
栳
lǎo = l + ao3
basket
耄
mào = m + ao4
extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian
咾
lǎo = l + ao3
a noise / a sound
耋
dié = di + e2
aged / in one's eighties
狫
lǎo = l + ao3
name of a tribe

Words with 老

二
老
mother and father / parents
中
老
年
人
middle-aged and elderly people
人
人
老
老
珠
珠
黄
黃
(of a woman) old and faded
以
老
大
自
居
regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
偕
老
to grow old together
元
老
院
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
兜
老
底
兜
鍪
helmet (archaic)
八
大
元
老
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2] / abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]
八
老
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
九
旬
老
人
nonagenarian

Sentences with 老

拿
ná
俺
ǎn
老
lǎo
孙
su̅n
的
de
大
dà
环
huán
刀
da̅o
来
lái
Bring me my sabre!