U+9F61 "齡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
齡
U+9F61 "齡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Traditional Chinese character representing the concept of age, particularly in the context of a person’s years or life stage. It is composed of the radical for "tooth" or "teeth" (齒) on the left, which metaphorically relates to the aging process as teeth develop and wear over time, and a phonetic component on the right. This character is commonly used in formal or literary contexts, such as in terms for age brackets (e.g., "高齡" meaning advanced age) or respectful inquiries about someone's years, and it appears in both Chinese and Japanese writing systems. Its meaning contrasts with the simplified Chinese variant "龄," though both convey the same underlying idea of chronological age.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9F61 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 齡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 齡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBD 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9F61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009F61 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9f61 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C4D6 |
| kCCCII | 216324 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7A61 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7A61 |
| kCangjie | YUOII |
| kCantonese | ling4 |
| kCihaiT | 1571.609 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2071.340 |
| kDefinition | age; years |
| kEACC | 456324 |
| kFanqie | 郎丁 |
| kFenn | 438H |
| kFennIndex | 312.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2873.7 |
| kGB1 | 3368 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0823x |
| kHangul | 령:0N |
| kHanYu | 74791.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | líng(43) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74791.070:líng |
| kHKGlyph | 4751 |
| kIICore | ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2071.340 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74791.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1533.260 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4164 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C4D6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-7374 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D8CC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5646 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7A61 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-916E |
| kJapanese | レイ リョウ よわい |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | YOWAI |
| kJapaneseOn | REI |
| kJis0 | 8384 |
| kKangXi | 1533.260 |
| kKorean | LYENG |
| kMandarin | líng |
| kMatthews | 4061 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1588j |
| kMojiJoho | MJ030089 |
| kMorohashi | 48632 |
| kNelson | 5431 |
| kPhonetic | 812 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7463+211.15.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 211.5 |
| kSBGY | 195.29 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "龄" U+9F84 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 832.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | líng粵ling4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7881 |
| kTang | leng |
| kTotalStrokes | 20 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 252:265 |