齢

音読おんよみ: レイ

訓読くんよみ: よわい

画数かくすう: 17

部首ぶしゅ: は(歯)

Meaning

Age / Years

  • 年齢ねんれい — age; years of age
  • 高齢こうれい — advanced age; elderly
  • 年齢層ねんれいそう — age group; age bracket
  • 学齢がくれい — school age
  • 高齢化こうれいか — population aging
  • 高齢者こうれいしゃ — elderly person; senior citizen

The radical points to teeth, which wear down as we grow older. In , it helps express the passage of years — literally the age someone has reached.

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