齢

See also: 齡

Translingual

Traditional	齡
Shinjitai	齢
Simplified	龄

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 齡 (齒 → 歯).

Han character

齢 (Kangxi radical 211, 歯+5, 20 strokes in Chinese, 17 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 難難卜山人 (XXYUO) or 卜山人戈戈 (YUOII), composition ⿰歯令)

1. age
2. years

References

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	齢
Kyūjitai	齡

Kanji

齢

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 齡)

1. age

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)^{←れい (rei, historical)}
• Kun: よわい (yowai, 齢)^{←よはひ (yofafi, 齢, historical)}

Compounds

• 齢人(よわいびと) (yowaibito)
• 齢草(よわいぐさ) (yowaigusa)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
齢
よわい Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
齡 (kyūjitai)

yopapi > yoɸaɸi > yowawi > yowai.

Alternative forms

• 歯

Noun

1. age

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
齢
れい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
齡 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. instar