When the formation data identifies 齒 / 齿 / 歯 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
齒
Radical 211 of 214 · 15 strokes
Tooth
chǐ · forms 齒 / 齿 / 歯
Unicode uses 齒 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is teeth; gears, cogs; age; Kangxi radical 211. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
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龄língage; yearsDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 齿 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 齡.
- 齿Semantic componenttooth
- 令Phonetic componentorder; command
- Category radical
- 齿 tooth
- Visual structure
- 齿 + 令
HSK words with 龄1 word in this course
齡língage; yearsDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 齒 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.
- 齒Semantic componenttooth
- 令Phonetic componentorder; command
- Category radical
- 齒 tooth
- Visual structure
- 齒 + 令
HSK words with 齡1 word in this course
齿chǐteeth; gears, cogs; ageDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Simplified form of 齒. Pictograph of a mouth full of teeth. The sound component 止 was added later.
- 止Phonetic component(foot); stop
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- Category radical
- 齿 tooth
- Visual structure
- 止 + 凵 + 人
HSK words with 齿1 word in this course
齒chǐteeth; gears, cogs; ageDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of a mouth full of teeth. The sound component 止 was added later.
- 止Phonetic component(foot); stop
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- Category radical
- 齒 tooth
- Visual structure
- 止 + 凵 + 从 + 一
HSK words with 齒1 word in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.