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齢 よわい、とし 年齢(ねんれい): age; years S 齒: tooth; cog令: orders; ancient laws; command; decree 齒 15 齡 age 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!

Accepted Answer

レイ age 2 770 17 211 は・はへん 形声 Phonetic You know you are fast approaching a ripe old AGE when you get ORDERS from the dentist to get new TEETH. 1403

Kanji	齢
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	齒
Radical Number	211
Radical Strokes	15
Radical Reading	は・はへん
Traditional Form	齡
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!
RTK Index	1403

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

Age Orders Give 齢レイよわい、とし年齢(ねんれい Years