líng

age

Phonosemantic compound. 齿 represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
齿 meaning component

齿  Meaning component

chǐ

  

teeth

令 sound component

  Sound component

lìnglínglǐng

  

command

Evolution

龄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
龄 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
龄 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
龄 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

líng

age; years; length of experience, membership etc

Most common words with 龄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

年龄

(a person's) age

保龄球

bowling ball

age

高龄

elderly

同龄

of the same age