líng
age
Phonosemantic compound. 齿 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 齡.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 龄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(a person's) age | ||
bowling ball | ||
age | ||
elderly | ||
of the same age |
Sources