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The Kanji Map

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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: 歯 令

齢

Radical

Radical: 齒

Reading: は

Meaning: tooth, molar

Strokes: 12

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Examples

Examples with audio

年齢(ねんれい)   age, years

樹齢(じゅれい)   age of a tree

老齢(ろうれい)   advanced age, senility

月齢(げつれい)   age of the moon

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

学齢期(がくれいき)   school age

Onyomi Examples

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

適齢 (テキレイ) suitable age

加齢 (カレイ) aging, ageing, growing older

Kunyomi Examples

齢 (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)

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