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Chinese symbol for “aging”

老龄化
lǎo líng huà
Traditional: 老齡化
aging (population)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for aging is 老龄化 (lǎo líng huà), defined as: aging (population).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

老 lǎo
old, aged; experienced
radical 125 ⽼ · 6 strokes
龄 líng
age; years
radical 211 ⿒ · 13 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “aging”

WordPinyinMeaning
老龄 (老齡)lǎo língold age; aging
时效 (時效)shí xiàotimeliness; period of viability or validity
变老 (變老)biàn lǎoto grow old; to age

Related words

Other words that share a character with 老龄化.

WordPinyinMeaning
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher
老婆lǎo pó(coll.) wife
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly
老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband
年龄 (年齡)nián líng(a person's) age; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 个 (gè)
高龄 (高齡)gāo língelderly
老龄 (老齡)lǎo língold age; aging
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “aging”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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