年ねん齢れい

Written forms

• 年ねん齢れいUsage99%

  Standard kanji spelling; high priority.

• 年ねん令れいUsage1%
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

• 年year, counter for years
• 齢age
• 令orders, laws, command

Similar words

• 歳さい

  歳 is a counter for age (e.g., 20歳 = 20 years old), while 年齢 is the abstract noun 'age'.

• 年とし

  年 can mean 'age' in casual contexts (e.g., 年を取る = to grow old), but 年齢 is more formal and precise.

Etymology

Compound of 年 (year) and 齢 (age). The kanji 齢 is the standard form; 令 is a simplified variant used in some contexts but now rare.