漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
齢: age
JLPT N217 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
歯 carries the meaning · 令 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
レイrei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 年齢ねんれいage, years
- 樹齢じゅれいage of a tree
- 老齢ろうれいadvanced age, senility
- 月齢げつれいage of the moon
- 高齢者こうれいしゃold person, senior citizen
- 学齢期がくれいきschool age
Also read よわい, とし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)齒 tooth (meaning) + 令 (sound)
Tooth being associated with age.
Source: Wiktionary, 齡 (rev. 92740056), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Tooth (歯) + order/command (令). In ancient times, the "age" of animals and people was determined by the "order" and wear of their teeth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
令
Also built on orders (令)
齢 takes the 令 family's reading, レイ (rei).
In ChineseSimplified 龄 · traditional 齡 · líng
Three different forms: Japanese 齢, simplified 龄, traditional 齡.
- Simplified
- 龄 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 齡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin líng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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