# 齡

| 齡 | U+9F61, &#40801; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F61 |
| ← 齠 [U+9F60] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 齢 → [U+9F62] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 齡 |
| Shinjitai | 齢 |
| Simplified | 龄 |

### Han character

齡 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+5, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜山人戈戈 (YUOII), four-corner 2873$_7$, composition ⿰齒令)

#### Derived characters

* 𭌿

#### Descendants

* 齢, 龄

#### 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 齡 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 / 形声, 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
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): líng (ling$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn
* Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: líng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: líng
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^2$
*** Yale: líng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
*** Palladius: лин (lin)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nin$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lin
*** Sinological IPA : /nin²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$
*** Yale: lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: lin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /leŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lin
*** MiniDict: lin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/
* Middle Chinese: leng
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 |
| 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 | ling$^4$ |
* 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
* age
* length of time; duration
* (biology) instar

### 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 (hūnlíng)
* 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 (chōnglíng)
* 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 (zhìlíng)
* 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 (yúlíng)
* 遐齡 / 遐龄 (xiálíng)
* 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 (gǔlíng)
* 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

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 齢)
* age

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Kun: よわい (yowai, 齡)

### Etymology

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

## Korean
### Hanja

齡 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

齡 (linh, lênh)