龄líng
age; years. 13 strokes, radical 齿, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin língStrokes 13Radical 齿Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 龄
Strokes 1–8 write 齿, then strokes 9–13 write 令.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 龄 · the stroke-order rules
What 龄 is made of
齿 (chǐ, teeth) and 令 (lìng, command).
齿 carries the meaning — age — and 令 carries the sound.
Words that use 龄
| 年龄 | age 指一个人从出生到当下经历的岁数 这项研究不论参与者年龄大小。The study made no distinction by participants' age. Lesson 460, 内在能量 · 楷模表率与地阔天长 · Exemplary Models & Vast Expanses |
Characters that share the sound part 令
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.