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Translingual
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)
- age
- 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
Japanese
Kanji
齢
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 齡)
- age
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Alternative spelling
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| 齡 (kyūjitai)
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yopapi > yoɸaɸi > yowawi > yowai.
Pronunciation
Noun
齢 • (yowai) ←よはひ (yofafi)?
- age
Etymology 2
| Alternative spelling
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| 齡 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
齢 • (rei)
- instar
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN