Character

龄

líng HSK 4

龄 líng HSK 4

1. age (in years)
2. number of years spent in a certain occupation or years of use of an object
3. developmental stage of certain organisms (e.g. insect larval instars, rice leaf stages)

Words using 龄 as líng (2)

1 年龄 nián líng — age HSK 4
- 年 year
- 龄 years of life
Example

年龄不是问题。

nián líng bù shì wèn tí

Age is not a problem.
2 高龄 gāo líng — advanced age HSK 7
- 高 high, advanced, elevated
- 龄 age, years of life
Example

他虽然高龄八十，身体还很健康。

tā suī rán gāo líng bā shí shēn tǐ hái hěn jiàn kāng

Although he is eighty years of advanced age, he is still very healthy.

Structure & writing

龄 líng — age (in years)

龄 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 齿 chǐ — tooth; the organ for chewing food in the mouths of humans and some animals

齿 is a component in 1 characters

HSK 4

龄 líng age (in years)

2 令 lìng — order; command (from superior to subordinate)

令 is a component in 11 characters

HSK 1

冷 lěng cold; low in temperature (opposite of 热) 零 líng fragmentary; scattered; small in number (opposite of 整)

HSK 3

邻 lín neighbor; neighboring household

HSK 4

命 mìng life; the living force of organisms 龄 líng age (in years)

HSK 5

铃 líng bell or buzzer (metal sound-making device) 领 lǐng neck; throat

HSK 6

怜 lián to pity, to sympathize

HSK 7

岭 lǐng mountain with a path over its summit 拎 līn to carry (something) in one's hand 聆 líng (lit.) to listen; to listen attentively

Stroke order