齡
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Translingual
| Traditional | 齡 |
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| 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
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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 | |
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| simp. | 龄 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 令 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 齡 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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／形声, 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
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ling4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn
- Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: líng
- Wade–Giles: ling2
- Yale: líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
- Palladius: лин (lin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /liŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nin2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lin
- Sinological IPA (key): /nin²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ling4
- Yale: lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ling4
- Guangdong Romanization: ling4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn
- Hakka Romanization System: linˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lin2
- Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: leng
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/
Definitions
齡
Compounds
- 保齡球／保龄球 (bǎolíngqiú)
- 修齡／修龄
- 儲齡／储龄
- 分齡／分龄
- 及齡／及龄 (jílíng)
- 同齡／同龄 (tónglíng)
- 堯齡／尧龄
- 天賜遐齡／天赐遐龄
- 妙齡／妙龄
- 妙齡女郎／妙龄女郎
- 婚齡／婚龄 (hūnlíng)
- 學齡／学龄 (xuélíng)
- 實足年齡／实足年龄
- 工齡／工龄 (gōnglíng)
- 年齡／年龄 (niánlíng)
- 年齡層／年龄层
- 延齡客／延龄客
- 弱齡／弱龄
- 役齡／役龄 (yìlíng)
- 心理年齡／心理年龄 (xīnlǐ niánlíng)
- 智力年齡／智力年龄
- 椿齡／椿龄
- 樹齡／树龄
- 沖齡／冲龄 (chōnglíng)
- 生理年齡／生理年龄 (shēnglǐ niánlíng)
- 百齡眉壽／百龄眉寿
- 秧齡／秧龄
- 稚齡／稚龄 (zhìlíng)
- 老齡／老龄 (lǎolíng)
- 老齡問題／老龄问题
- 耄齡／耄龄
- 育齡／育龄 (yùlíng)
- 芳齡／芳龄 (fānglíng)
- 藝齡／艺龄
- 超齡／超龄 (chāolíng)
- 軍齡／军龄
- 逾齡／逾龄 (yúlíng)
- 遐齡／遐龄 (xiálíng)
- 適婚年齡／适婚年龄
- 適齡／适龄 (shìlíng)
- 長齡／长龄
- 限齡／限龄
- 頹齡／颓龄
- 骨齡／骨龄 (gǔlíng)
- 高齡／高龄 (gāolíng)
- 高齡產婦／高龄产妇
- 髫齡／髫龄
- 鶴算龜齡／鹤算龟龄
- 鶴齡／鹤龄
- 黨齡／党龄 (dǎnglíng)
- 齡期／龄期
- 齡級／龄级
- 齡組／龄组
- 齡蟲／龄虫
- 龜齡／龟龄
- 龜齡鶴算／龟龄鹤算
Japanese
| 齢 | |
| 齡 |
Kanji
齡
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 齢)
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
Hanja
齡 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
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