歳

See also: 歲 and 岁

Translingual

Traditional	歲
Shinjitai	歳
Simplified	岁

Han character

歳 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜一戈竹火 (YMIHF), composition ⿱止⿵戌小 or ⿱止⿵戊𡭕)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 577, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16326
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1443, character 20
• Unihan data for U+6B73

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 歳 – see 歲 (“Jupiter; year; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 歲).

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Japanese

Kanji

歳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. year

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: とし (toshi, 歳); とせ (tose, 歳); よわい (yowai, 歳)

Usage notes

Often abbreviated to much simpler 才, for example in 何才 (“how old?”), or １才 (“1 year old”), as opposed to 何歳 (“how old?”), １歳 (“1 year old”).

Kanji in this term
歳
とし Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
歲 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. a year (or years) of age

   歳(とし)を取(と)る

   toshi o toru

   (please add an English translation of this example)

2. age

Synonyms

• 年

Suffix

歳(さい) or 歳(サイ) • (-sai) 

1. -year-old

Synonyms

• 才