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Age Orders Give 齢 レイ よわい、とし 年齢(ねんれい Years

Kanji
Onyomi レイ
Kunyomi よわい、とし
English age
Examples 年齢(ねんれい): age; years
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 770
Components 齒: tooth; cog
令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree
Number of Strokes 17
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 211
Radical Strokes 15
Radical Reading は・はへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword age
Koohii Story 1 You know you are fast approaching a ripe old AGE when you get ORDERS from the dentist to get new TEETH.
Koohii Story 2 This has the nuance of a life milestone. Here it's represented by the life-cycle of teeth: In childhood, your teeth give the orders, growing whenever they want. As a teenager, we give orders to the teeth, by putting braces on them. In old age, we order new teeth!

Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq751-1000

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