齡
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Translingual
| Traditional | 齡 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 齢 |
| Simplified | 龄 |
Han character
齡 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+5, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜山人戈戈 (YUOII), four-corner 28737, composition ⿰齒令)
Derived characters
- 𭌿
References
- KangXi: page 1533, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48632
- Dae Jaweon: page 2071, character 34
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4791, character 7
- Unihan data for U+9F61
Chinese
| trad. | 齡 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 龄 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 令 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 齡 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (令) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 令 | *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs |
| 怜 | *riːn, *reːŋ |
| 零 | *riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs |
| 魿 | *ɡriŋ, *reːŋ |
| 命 | *mreŋs |
| 冷 | *raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ |
| 跉 | *reŋ, *reːŋ |
| 嶺 | *reŋʔ |
| 領 | *reŋʔ |
| 阾 | *reŋʔ, *reːŋ |
| 柃 | *reŋʔ, *reːŋ |
| 袊 | *reŋʔ |
| 詅 | *reŋs, *reːŋ |
| 旍 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 舲 | *reːŋ |
| 齡 | *reːŋ |
| 囹 | *reːŋ |
| 鴒 | *reːŋ |
| 蛉 | *reːŋ |
| 鈴 | *reːŋ |
| 苓 | *reːŋ |
| 伶 | *reːŋ |
| 泠 | *reːŋ |
| 瓴 | *reːŋ |
| 拎 | *reːŋ |
| 刢 | *reːŋ |
| 玲 | *reːŋ |
| 聆 | *reːŋ |
| 竛 | *reːŋ |
| 軨 | *reːŋ |
| 笭 | *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ |
| 翎 | *reːŋ |
| 閝 | *reːŋ |
| 鹷 | *reːŋ |
| 昤 | *reːŋ |
| 駖 | *reːŋ |
| 彾 | *reːŋ |
| 呤 | *reːŋ |
| 狑 | *reːŋ |
| 秢 | *reːŋ |
| 岭 | *reːŋ |
| 紷 | *reːŋ |
| 砱 | *reːŋ |
| 羚 | *reːŋ |
| 姈 | *reːŋ |
| 蕶 | *reːŋ |
| 澪 | *reːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːŋ) : semantic 齒 (“tooth”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs) – tooth being associated with age. Compare English long in the tooth (“old”) and don't look a gift horse in the mouth (“(to check teeth for age)”).
Pronunciation
Compounds
Japanese
| 齢 | |
| 齡 |
Readings
- Go-on: りょう (ryō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
- Kan-on: れい (rei)←れい (rei, historical)
- Kun: よわい (yowai, 齡)←よはひ (yofafi, 齡, historical)
Korean
Vietnamese
Han character
齡 (linh, lênh)
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