齡 meaning and stroke order
Age; years
How to write 齡, stroke by stroke
20 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 齡
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- age
- length of experience, membership etc
How 齡 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Age.
齒 gives the meaning and 令 hints at the sound.
Radical: 齒 (teeth), shared by 15 characters on this site.
How to remember 齡
齡 combines 齒 (teeth) with 令 (lìng), which gives the sound. Think of checking a horse's teeth to tell its age, and 令 reminds you it is pronounced líng.
齡 rarely stands alone and usually appears in compounds about age or length of experience, such as 年龄 (niánlíng, age), 高龄 (gāolíng, elderly), and 工龄 (gōnglíng, years of work). Example: 你的年龄是多少？(Nǐ de niánlíng shì duōshao?) What is your age?
Common mistake: Learners often read 齡 as lìng because of the component 令, but the correct tone is second tone, líng. Also, do not confuse it with 龄's neighbor 铃 (líng, bell), which shares the sound but uses the metal radical 钅.
Common words with 齡
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 齡
How many strokes are in 齡?
齡 is written with 20 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 齡 mean?
齡 (líng) means age; years. A common word with it is 年龄 (niánlíng), meaning "(a person's) age".
How do you pronounce 齡?
齡 is pronounced líng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 齡?
The radical of 齡 is 齒, which carries the idea of "teeth". Dictionaries list 齡 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 齡?
齡 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 龄, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why is bowling called 保龄球 in Chinese?
保龄球 (bǎolíngqiú) is a sound loan from the English word bowling plus 球 (qiú, ball). Here 龄 is used for its sound, not its meaning of age.
Is 年龄 the same as 岁 when talking about age?
岁 (suì) is the measure word for years of age, as in 我二十岁 (wǒ èrshí suì), I am twenty. 年龄 is the noun meaning age, used in questions, forms, and more formal speech.