齢

See also 齡

Translingual

shinjitai	齢
simplified	龄
traditional	齡

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 齡 (齒 → 歯).

Han character

齢 (radical 211 齒+5, 20 strokes, cangjie input XX卜山人 (XXYUO), 卜山人戈戈 (YUOII))

1. age
2. years

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1533, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48632
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1446, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9F62

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Japanese

Etymology

yopapi > yoɸaɸi > yowawi > yowai.

Noun

齢 (hiragana よわい, romaji yowai, historical hiragana よはひ)

1. the amount of time that one has been alive for; age

齢 (hiragana れい, romaji rei)

1. instar

Derived terms

• 齢人 (yowaibito)
• 齢草 (yowaigusa)

Kanji

齢 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: れい (rei)
• Kun: よわい (yowai)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

齢 (pinyin líng (ling2), Wade-Giles ling²)