Translingual
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Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 令
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*ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
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| 怜
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*riːn, *reːŋ
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| 零
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*riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
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| 魿
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*ɡriŋ, *reːŋ
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| 命
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*mreŋs
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| 冷
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*raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
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| 跉
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*reŋ, *reːŋ
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| 嶺
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*reŋʔ
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| 領
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*reŋʔ
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| 阾
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*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
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| 柃
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*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
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| 袊
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*reŋʔ
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| 詅
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*reŋs, *reːŋ
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| 旍
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*ʔsleŋ
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| 舲
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*reːŋ
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| 齡
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*reːŋ
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| 囹
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*reːŋ
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| 鴒
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*reːŋ
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| 蛉
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*reːŋ
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| 鈴
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*reːŋ
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| 苓
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*reːŋ
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| 伶
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*reːŋ
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| 泠
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*reːŋ
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| 瓴
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*reːŋ
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| 拎
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*reːŋ
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| 刢
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*reːŋ
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| 玲
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*reːŋ
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| 聆
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*reːŋ
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| 竛
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*reːŋ
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| 軨
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*reːŋ
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| 笭
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*reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
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| 翎
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*reːŋ
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| 閝
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*reːŋ
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| 鹷
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*reːŋ
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| 昤
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*reːŋ
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| 駖
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*reːŋ
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| 彾
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*reːŋ
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| 呤
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*reːŋ
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| 狑
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*reːŋ
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| 秢
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*reːŋ
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| 岭
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*reːŋ
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| 紷
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*reːŋ
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| 砱
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*reːŋ
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| 羚
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*reːŋ
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| 姈
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*reːŋ
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| 蕶
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*reːŋ
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| 澪
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*reːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːŋ) : semantic 齒 (“tooth”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs) – tooth being associated with age. Compare English long in the tooth (“old”) and don't look a gift horse in the mouth (“(to check teeth for age)”).
Pronunciation
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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齡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8288
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Phonetic
component
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令
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Rime
group
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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靈
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Old
Chinese
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/*reːŋ/
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Definitions
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齡
- age
- length of time; duration
- (biology) instar
Compounds
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Japanese
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齡 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
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Vietnamese
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