歳 – year-end, age, occasion

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#269 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 歳 means year-end, age, occasion, opportunity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ、セイ (sai, sei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とし、とせ、よわい (toshi, tose, yowai). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 止 (no. 77).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
On’yomi	セイ	sei
Kun’yomi	とし	toshi
Kun’yomi	とせ	tose
Kun’yomi	よわい	yowai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 止 (Kangxi radical 77). Components: ノ・止・小・戈.

Words using 歳

歳さい... years old二十歳はたち20 years old万歳ばんざいbanzai

Example sentences

「１７歳の時スクーナー船で地中海を航海したわ」彼女はゆっくりと注意深く言う。

"I sailed around the Mediterranean in a schooner when I was seventeen," she recited slowly and carefully.

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彼女は二十歳だと言ったが、それは嘘だった。

She said she was twenty years old, which was not true.

Tatoeba #87650

彼が金メダルをとったという知らせをきき、私たちは万歳と叫んだ。

We cried banzai at the news that he won the gold medal.

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Kanji with the same radical

正止武歩歴歯歪

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