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歳 means 'years old'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 268   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-6    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 20    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 42 words   Used in 97 words   Used in 222 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   サイ   セイ
Additional readings
Kun    とし   とせ   よわい
Variants
岁 (Chinese)   歲  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 歳 - click the badge to download
Learn how 歳 relates to Jupiter, colts, cranes, candy, comedy, and Korea! See how “banzai” has multiple sides, both celebratory and defeated. Find out how to say, "I would think she's under 30" and "My grandfather is in his nineties." Learn to talk about age discrepancies with "His beard made him look 10 years older.” And see how to say, "I guess I've reached the age where I dispense advice.”
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Components
⿱  止 stop  ⿵  戌 dog  小 small  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 歳 is used 4 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 歳 is used 77 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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サイ : 50 words FIND ALL
さ い 1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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サイ (read as ざい) : 5 words FIND ALL
ば ん ざ い 3 ば ん ざ い 0
interjection (kandoushi), noun
1. crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
2. something worthy of celebration
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セイ : 2 words FIND ALL
せ い ぼ 0
noun
1. year-end gift  (see also: お歳暮)
2. end of the year; year end
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とし : 13 words FIND ALL
と し と く じ ん 4
noun
goddess of (lucky) directions  (see also: 金神)
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とせ : 7 words FIND ALL
い く と せ 1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
number of years
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An additional 7 less common words include 歳 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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歳
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
戌
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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