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齢

Age
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingレイ
Kun readingよわい
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 38

Meanings

  1. ageRtK
  1. (one's) age

Homonyms

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Same reading (よわい)
弱い · weak

Radicals and components

Radical齒tooth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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teeth · tooth · stop (止) · footprint (止) · rice (米) · shovel · orders · meeting · chop-seal · hanko

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1505

Compound words

老齢ろうれい
old age; advanced age
学齢がくれい
school age
高齢こうれい
advanced age; old age
樹齢じゅれい
age of a tree
年齢ねんれい
age; years
適齢てきれい
suitable age
適齢期てきれいき
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
年齢層ねんれいそう
age range; age-group; age bracket
高齢者こうれいしゃ
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
加齢かれい
aging
月齢げつれい
age of the Moon
若齢じゃくれい
youth
弱齢じゃくれい
youth
寿齢じゅれい
long life
馬齢ばれい
(one's own) age
遐齢かれい
longevity
頽齢たいれい
declining years
就学年齢しゅうがくねんれい
school age
年齢相応ねんれいそうおう
(appropriate for) one's age

On Reading Examples

年齢を重ねるにつれ、だんだん遠視になってきている。ねんれい
I'm getting farsighted as I get older.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は分別ある年齢に達した。
He has attained to years of discretion.tatoeba
彼は年齢相応に振る舞う。
He acts his age.tatoeba
彼は年齢を偽った。
He lied about his age.tatoeba
彼は年齢の理由で許された。
He was excused by reason of his age.tatoeba

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Age. 歯 (teeth) + 令 — age was judged by the teeth. 年齢 — age.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 齢

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step