齢

See also: 齡
齢 U+9F62, 齢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F62
← 齡
[U+9F61]
CJK Unified Ideographs 齣 →
[U+9F63]

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

齢

Kyūjitai

齡

Kanji

齢

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

  1. age

Readings

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

Pronunciation

Noun

齢(よわい) • (yowai) ←よはひ (yofafi)?

  1. age

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
齢
れい
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
齡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

齢(れい) • (rei) 

  1. instar

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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