齡

See also: 齢 and 龄

齡	U+9F61, 齡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F61

← 齠
[U+9F60]

CJK Unified Ideographs

齢 →
[U+9F62]

Translingual

Traditional	齡
Shinjitai	齢
Simplified	龄

Han character

齡 (radical 211, 齒+5, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜山人戈戈 (YUOII), four-corner 2873₇, composition ⿰齒令)

Descendants

齢龄

References

KangXi: page 1533, character 26

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48632

Dae Jaweon: page 2071, character 34

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4791, character 7

Unihan data for U+9F61

Chinese

trad.		齡
simp.		龄
variant forms		令 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 齡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líng (ling²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: líng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ling²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴
  - Yale: lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /leŋ/▼

Rime
Character	齡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎丁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	齡
Reading #	1/1
No.	8288
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*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
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
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
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
遐齡／遐龄

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
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

Shinjitai	齢
Kyūjitai	齡

Kanji

齡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 齢)

age

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, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

齡 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

齡 (linh, lênh)

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