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齡
齡
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
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 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: ling2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
- IPA (key): /liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ling4
- Yale: lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ling4
- IPA (key): /lɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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 |
| 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/ |
Noun
齡
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
齡
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 齢)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
齡 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 齡
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| 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)”).