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Chinese symbol for “geriatric”

老龄
lǎo líng
Traditional: 老齡
old age; aging; aged; geriatric

The closest CC-CEDICT match for geriatric is 老龄 (lǎo líng), defined as: old age; aging; aged; geriatric; the aged.

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

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 老龄.

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
年龄段 (年齡段)nián líng duànage group

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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