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歳

歳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 一年。
  2. 年齢。
  3. 収穫。
  4. 木星。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

歲#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

year-end, age, occasion, opportunity

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイJHS
  • セイJHS
Kun (native)
  • とし
  • とせ
  • よわい
Other languages
  • 拼音sui4
  • 한글se
  • Hán-ViệtTuế
  • Hán-ViệtTuổi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
止(とめる)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6B73

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱止⿵戌小

Words using this kanji

  • 歳出さいしゅつ国家又は地方公共団体の会計年度内の支出の合計。annual expenditure (of a state, organization, etc.)
  • 歳入さいにゅう国家又は公共団体の会計年度内の収入の合計。annual revenue (government), annual income (government), budget receipts
  • 歳月さいげつ過ぎ行く時間。time, years
  • 歳さい（とし）年齢。 （サイ）年齢を数える助数詞。... years old, age (of) ...
  • 歳暮せいぼの暮れ。一年の終わり。 一年の終わりに、世話になった人に品物を贈ること。また、その品物。year-end gift, end of the year, year end
  • 歳末さいまつの終わり。year end
  • 歳費さいひ一年間にかかる費用。 国会議員に国庫から支給される一年間の給与。annual expenditure, annual salary paid to Diet members
  • 歳時記さいじき季語を集めた書籍。almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
  • 歳旦さいたん元日（1月1日）の朝。元日。元旦。New Year's morning, morning of New Year's Day, New Year's Day
  • 歳次さいじyear
  • 歳計さいけい国や地方公共団体の一会計年度の支出と収入の総計。annual account
  • 歳晩さいばんの終わり。一年の終わり。year's end
  • 歳歳さいさいannual
  • 歳星さいせいJupiter
  • 歳代さいだいdecade (of age), -ties (e.g. sixties)
  • 歳差さいさ(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
  • 歳殺さいせつSaisetsu
  • 歳破さいはSaiha
  • 歳刑さいきょうSaikyō
  • 歳役さいえきlabor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryō system)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-9
Four Corner
2125.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4n9.5
Heisig
551
Nelson
2434