Translingual

Han character

齢 (radical 211 齒+5, 20 strokes, cangjie input XX卜山人 (XXYUO) or 卜山人戈戈 (YUOII), composition ⿰歯令)

1. age
2. years

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1533, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48632
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1446, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9F62

Japanese

Kanji

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

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Readings

• Goon: りょう (ryō)
• Kan’on: れい (rei)
• Kun: よわい (yowai)

Compounds

• 齢人 (yowaibito)
• 齢草 (yowaigusa)

Etymology 1

yopapi > yoɸaɸi > yowawi > yowai.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) よわい [yòwáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) よわ​い [yòwáꜜì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɰᵝa̠i]

Alternative forms

• 歯

Noun

齢 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 齡, hiragana よわい, romaji yowai, historical hiragana よはひ)

1. age

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) れ​い [réꜜè] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠e̞ː]

Noun

齢 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 齡, hiragana れい, romaji rei)

1. instar

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3