Phonosemantic compound. 齒 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (龄)
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Historical Evolution
齢
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
齢
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
齢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
龄 / 齡 [líng]
age; length of experience, membership etc
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
齢 とし
Toshi given name
齢 よわい
Yowai surname
齢 れい
Rei surnamegiven name
CHINESE WORDS (38)
年龄 [niánlíng] #2,479
(a person's) age
保龄球 [bǎolíngqiú] #5,601
ten-pin bowling (loanword)
高龄 [gāolíng] #26,439
elderly
同龄 [tónglíng] #21,260
of the same age
同龄人 [tónglíngrén] #20,537
peer
适龄 [shìlíng] #53,869
of age
老龄化 [lǎolínghuà] #53,217
aging (population)
老龄 [lǎolíng] #66,489
old age
工龄 [gōnglíng] #56,308
length of service
宋庆龄 [SòngQìnglíng] #21,881
Song Qingling or Rosemonde Soong (1893-1981), wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[SūnZhōngshān]
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JAPANESE WORDS (100)
⭐ 年齢 [ねんれい] #1,958
age
⭐ 高齢 [こうれい] #17,919
advanced age
⭐ 齢 [よわい] #19,345
(one's) age
⭐ 老齢 [ろうれい] #23,727
old age
実年齢 [じつねんれい] #25,522
actual age
⭐ 高齢者 [こうれいしゃ] #26,113
old person
妙齢 [みょうれい] #28,719
young (usu. of a woman)
精神年齢 [せいしんねんれい] #29,534
mental age
いい年して [いいとしして] #31,741
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
年齢差 [ねんれいさ] #34,818
age difference
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