齢
齢 — Age
age
On’yomiレイ (rei)
Kun’yomiよわい (yowai)
Kun’yomiとし (toshi)
Stroke order (17 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 齢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年齢 | ねんれい nenrei | age; years |
| 高齢 | こうれい kourei | advanced age; old age |
| 高齢者 | こうれいしゃ koureisha | old person; elderly person; senior citizen |
| 老齢 | ろうれい rourei | old age; advanced age |
| 年齢層 | ねんれいそう nenreisou | age range; age-group; age bracket |
| 樹齢 | じゅれい jurei | age of a tree |
Study notes
齢 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #770 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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