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齢 = 歯 + 令

齢 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “age”. It is built from 歯 (tooth) and 令 (orders). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1505.

Keyword
age
RTK frame
1505
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よわい, とし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
возраст
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
齢 age

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 歯 tooth
  2. 令 orders

How to find 齢 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tooth” + “orders”. 齢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 齢 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.