Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

770 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: age

Kunyomi: よわい とし

Onyomi: レイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tooth, molar

Strokes: 12

Examples

Examples with audio

(ねんれい)   age, years

(じゅれい)   age of a tree

(ろうれい)   advanced age, senility

(げつれい)   age of the moon

者(こうれいしゃ)   old person, senior citizen

期(がくれいき)   school age

Onyomi Examples

レイ instar (developmental stage of arthropods), age, years

テキレイ suitable age

カレイ aging, ageing, adding to one's years

Kunyomi Examples

よわい (one's) age

歯する よわいする to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)