年齢

ねんれい

age, years

Mnemonic

Years counted off the way you would count them from a horse's teeth. Nan ねん counting again, and twenty seven in her case: ねんれい.

Worth knowing

時代じだい is an age in history. 年齢 is how old somebody is, and 歳さい is the counter that goes with it.

Built from

年

year

Originally 禾 grain over a person carrying it, one harvest, one year.

齢

age

歯 teeth on the left, which is how you tell the age of a horse and once of a person.

Words sharing these kanji

毎年 every year 今年 this year 去年 last year 来年 next year 年 counter for years 年 year 少年 boy

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