See also: and
U+9F61, 齡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F61

[U+9F60]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9F62]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𭌿

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.
simp.
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːŋ): semantic (tooth) + phonetic (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



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8288
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/

Definitions

  1. age
  2. length of time; duration
  3. (biology) instar

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. 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, )よはひ (yofafi, , historical)

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
S
[kanji] jōyō kanji
[kanji] age
Kanji reading:
りょう, れい, よわい
(This term, , is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 나이 (nai ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 나이 (nai yeong))

  1. hanja form? of  /

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: linh
: Nôm readings: lênh

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References