齢 – age

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The kanji 齢 means age. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レイ (rei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よわい、とし (yowai, toshi). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 齒 (no. 211).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レイ	rei
Kun’yomi	よわい	yowai
Kun’yomi	とし	toshi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 齒 (Kangxi radical 211). Components: 止・歯・米・个・凵・卩・一.

Words using 齢

年齢ねんれいage

Example sentences

おじいさんの年齢は僕の年齢の５倍だ。

My grandfather is five times as old as I am.

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