冻龄
dòng​líng

ageless

冻 dòng freeze Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 东 represents the sound. Simplified form of 凍.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

东
东 Sound component
dōng east

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

龄 líng age Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 齿 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 齡.

Components

齿
齿 Meaning component
chǐ teeth
令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

凍 dòng freeze Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 東 represents the sound.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

東
東 Sound component
dōng east

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuwngHtˤoŋ-sfreeze
Zhengzhangtoːŋ
toːŋs
Unicodedùng
dùng

說文解字

仌也。从仌東聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

齡 líng age Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 齒 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.

Components

齒
齒 Meaning component
chǐ teeth
令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋ
Unicodeleng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“齡，年也。从齒，令聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)