龄
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age; length of experience, membership etc
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How 龄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
齿 (semantic, “age”) + 令 (phonetic, lìng)
How to remember it
length of service · Heisig RSH #2547
齿 teeth + 令 orders
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 令
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 令 (lìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 令 sound component | lìng | command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause |
| 领 | lǐng | neck, collar; lead, guide |
| 冷 | lěng | cold, cool; lonely |
| 零 | líng | zero; fragment, fraction |
| 岭 | lǐng | mountain ridge, mountain peak |
| 邻 | lín | neighbor; neighborhood |
| 铃 | líng | small bell |
| 怜 | lián | to pity, to sympathize with |
| 伶 | líng | clever; lonely, solitary |
| 玲 | líng | the tinkling of jewelry |
| 羚 | líng | a species of antelope |
| 鸰 | líng | lark, wagtail; Motacilla species (various) |
| 苓 | líng | fungus, tuber; licorice |
| 蛉 | líng | dragonfly, sandfly; Libellulidae |
| 呤 | lìng | purine |
| 囹 | líng | prison, enclosure |
| 拎 | līn | to lift, to haul, to take |
| 翎 | líng | plume, tail feathers |
| 聆 | líng | to hear, to listen |
Words containing 龄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大龄青年 | dà líng qīng nián | young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried |
| 老龄化 | lǎo líng huà | aging (population) |
| 同龄人 | tóng líng rén | peer; one's contemporary; person of the same age |
| 保龄球 | bǎo líng qiú | ten-pin bowling (loanword); bowling ball |
| 低龄化 | dī líng huà | (of a certain group of people, e.g. recreational drug users) to become younger, on average… |
| 年龄组 | nián líng zǔ | age group |
| 大龄 | dà líng | older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) |
| 学龄 | xué líng | school age |
| 高龄 | gāo líng | elderly |
| 工龄 | gōng líng | length of service (in years); years of employment |
| 育龄期 | yù líng qī | childbearing age |
| 老龄 | lǎo líng | old age; aging; aged; geriatric; the aged |
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4] |
| 低龄犯罪 | dī líng fàn zuì | juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency |
| 同龄 | tóng líng | of the same age |
| 乐龄 | lè líng | golden years (after the age of about 60) |
| 教龄 | jiào líng | years of teaching experience; teaching experience |
| 军龄 | jūn líng | length of military service |
| 月龄 | yuè líng | (baby's) age in months |
| 酒龄 | jiǔ líng | age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured) |